Frank Alpine Timeline and Summary
MoreFrank Alpine Timeline and Summary
- Frank participates with Ward Minogue in a holdup of Morris Bober's grocery store.
- Afterwards, he scopes out the place, checking on the family.
- With nowhere to sleep and nothing to eat, Frank hides in the store cellar and steals rolls.
- Frank starts to work at the Bober store, improving business.
- Infatuated with Helen, the owner's daughter, Frank plots ways to speak with her.
- They begin a friendship that leads to a romantic relationship.
- Caught in the act of stealing, Frank is fired.
- Desperate for Helen, he rapes her.
- He tries to make amends, unsuccessfully.
- Frank makes a fool of himself at Morris's funeral, falling into his grave.
- He takes over the Bober store.
- Frank becomes a Jew.