“They asked us if we had any weapons,” James said. . . . “They said, ‘We’re going to pass the basket around again. . . . ” After
the second circuit, he said, “It was full with pocketknives; somebody had brass knuckles, any little thing that people thought would give them an edge . . . We didn’t know if we were going to be mixed with the jail population. So you’re wondering how you’re going to fit in with the guys who have been in there twenty years.” —We’ve Got a Job,
Cynthia Levinson
In which two ways do James’s own words help readers connect with him?
