Here, the young man watches society as society ignores him and determines if he must resort to crime in order to aspire hire in life. The two retire to the park to hang out with others. They banter about their lives, jobs, and propsects. The older man starts to pout and part ways but the young one treats him to breakfast. As they wander, they pass a breakfast place and the young man decides to have breakfast.
The older man doesn't believe him but the young man insists. They spend the night and in the morning while wandering around, the young man tells the older one that he saw someone last night with a white nightshirt on. People lay around in various states of dress with various ailments-many with the look of death about them. As they wander through the place, the smell and sights strike at the young man. The man leads him down an alley and into the place where they will be staying. After some discussion, the young man says that he'll help the crazy-looking man get the additional money, if he'll tell the young man where they can find this establishment. A third man approaches who looks more wild than the other two and asks if they can spare two cents becuase he has five and can get a bed for 7. The man identifies where the young man can sleep for 10 cents for the night but the young man believes that's too much. Before taking seconds, he goes out into the night to talk with a man whom he believes will know a place to sleep.
Upon seeing a bar offering free soup, he enters. Title: An Experiment in Misery Author: Stephen Crane Summary A young man wanders the dark rainy in search of food or shelter.
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