ison but before this can occur, he is killed. Dougie expresses the dead-end route that represents the destiny of many West Indians living in Hackney, prison or death. In a dominant white society and unable to have the paternal influence to stay away from a life of crime, Dougie goes to prison because he cannot resist wanting more. West Indians are not supposed to want more. The same is true for Deli, an ex-boxer making a sustenance wage who keeps all his emotional turmoil locked inside. In one of his rare expressions, he tells us; ôMan is not supposed to want. I wantedö (Blanchard 1).
Clifton is the other major character in the play. Deli and DougieÆs father, Clifton abandoned his wife and boys before they were teens. He comes to Hackney when Deli is informed that Dougie has died
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