Other Voices, Other Rooms Part II, Chapter 6 Summary

  • Zoo tells Joel to sit still while she cuts his hair. It turns out she was the one shooting the gun to scare off some chicken hawks who were going to steal the chickens.
  • Joel hates his haircut, and Zoo tells him he's ignorant.
  • Suddenly a little red ball hits Joel on the knee and Randolph, from upstairs, asks Joel to bring a glass of water.
  • Joel finally makes it to his father's room, where Amy and Randolph are sitting in the dark.
  • A man with a shaved head lying in a dirty bed with grey eyes turns out to be Mr. Sansom, Joel's dad.
  • Mr. Sansom drops another red ball, and Joel goes up to the bed to give him the water.