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Hally Timeline and Summary

Hally comes to his mother's tea room after school.
He jokes with Sam and Willie about their upcoming dance contest and his homework.
Hally and Sam discuss the great social reformers of history, and then reminisce about Hally's childhood.
On the phone, Hally argues with his mother about whether or not she should bring his dad home from the hospital.
As he gets worried about his father leaving the hospital. He gets more and more irritable and nasty to Willie and Sam.
Hally tries to write a homework assignment about the dance competition as a cultural event.
Finding out that his father is coming home after all, Hally flies into a rage and starts acting like a tyrant.
He tells Sam and Willie that they need to start calling him Master Harold, and spits in Sam's face.
Hally's ashamed of his behavior but can't bring himself to say it or apologize to Sam. He leaves the tearoom and heads home where his parents are waiting for him.