Car Salesman

The relationship between Pink the car salesman and Sonny plays a large role in this novel.  As Pink deals used cars, Sonny’s stepfather Cloyd gets more and more suspicious of him. Pink has a reputation for selling cars to black people, which agitates Cloyd because he is a racist. In order to keep Cloyd of his back, Pink convinces Sonny to make a deal with him and become “Partners.”  Since Sonny does not like his stepfather, he agrees to do Pink a favor when he says, “Talk to me when I need you to. Understand’?…  I got a question, you got an answer. We be partnered up, see? You inside knowing what’s going on is all. Understand?’” (139) If Sonny keeps his end of the bargain, then Pink is offering him a Bel Aire  as his first car. I think that Sonny and Pink are going to get along really well. They both do not care for Cloyd and will do whatever it takes to work as a team to keep Cloyd out of their business and lives. Their partnership will really benefit each other. When they need one another’s help they can provide it. Sonny can help Pink by listening in on Cloyd’s conversations about Pink and be able to inform him about what he is saying. Pink on the other hand is giving Sonny a car and I believe that he can protect Sonny when Cloyd continues to verbally harass Sonny when he is drunk. I think that Sonny and Pink are going to become really good friends.