Jack drives TIM to the district office were TIM meets Brother Tarp. Tarp is a good man to have around. TIM and Jack go directly to a committee meeting where Brother Clifton enters and shows that he was just in a confrontation with Ras the Exhorter’s boys.

Ras is introduced as the black that hates whites. The Brotherhood has a large fight with his boys at a meeting on a street. During the fight, Clifton is almost killed by Ras, but he stops and complains about TIM’s and Clifton’s ideas about the white man. Ras makes an impact on TIM and he contemplates, then rejects Ras’s thoughts.

Because TIM is the spokesperson for the Brotherhood, he begins calling community leaders and his name becomes popular. He likes this newfound popularity and uses it to try and hide his past that he so badly despises. This begins his struggle with his two personalities.

Characters
Brother Clifton is introduced as the handsome Afro-Anglo-Saxon and the influential brotherhood member. He believes in fighting only if attacked. He is not bothered by Ras’s comments. Ras the Exhorter is introduced as the aggressive white-hating black. He leads a group of people who fight against anyone that has anything to do with whites.

Motifs
The Brotherhood is used throughout to show the means by which TIM gains another self-image.

Ras the Exhorter sets the dark tone to TIM's goals. He deeply insults TIM's life with reference to white education and his giving in to the white man.

Quotations
"This black mahn talking to me about brains and thinking. I ask both of you, are you awake or sleeping? What is your pahst and where are you going? Never mind, take your corrupt ideology and eat out your guts like a laughing hyena. You are nowhere, mahn. Nowhere! Ras is not ignorant, nor is Ras afraid. No! Ras, he be here black and fighting for the liberty of the black people when the white folks have got what they wahnt and done gone off laughing in your face and you stinking and choke up with white maggots." (375): Ras explains his viewpoint and criticizes TIM and Clifton. He tells them they have no future. He ends the statement claiming that the white man has complete control of them. "'You start Saul, and end up Paul' my grandfather had often said. When you’re a youngun, you Saul, but let life whup your head a bit and you starts to trying to be Paul-though you still Sauls around on the side." (381): This comment by TIM explains the situation he is in at the end of the chapter. He tries to be this successful person (Paul) but is constantly reminded of his past experiences (Saul). "Life was all pattern and discipline; and the beauty of discipline is when it works. And it was working very well." (382): This is the last sentence of the chapter. It explains how he feels about his new popularity. He finds it admirable.

Themes
The theme of personal identity is found near the end of the chapter. TIM struggles with his new found popularity as he continually is reminded of his former lifestyle.

Black Rage against society is strongly brought up with Ras the Exhorter. His mob violently defends its beliefs by fighting with the Brotherhood, who wants equality between the races.