Janice's appearance and actions seem to exacerbate her husband's low opinion of her: she is sitting idly, watching the Mouseketeers on television. Rabbit no longer finds Janice pretty, and is contemptuous of what he perceives as her clumsiness and general stupidity. He asks her why she locked the door, but all she can say is: "It just locked itself." This response annoys Rabbit, revealing the sorry state of their marriage. He finds the door to his place locked, although his wife, Janice, several months pregnant, is inside. He lives in an apartment in a development that dates from the thirties - a collection of nondescript buildings in the equally nondescript town of Mt. He is nicknamed Rabbit for "the breadth of white face, the pallor of his blue irises, and a nervous flutter under his brief nose." He joins the game, inspiring him to reminisce about his own high-school glory days as a basketball star.Īfter playing with the children for some time, he heads home. The novel's protagonist is twenty-six years old, and a salesman for a kitchen gadget called the MagiPeeler. Harry Angstrom, walking along a street, happens upon a group of children playing basketball.
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