Trailerpark by Russell Banks

Trailerpark In Russell Banks novel, Trailerpark, there are many different stories that compare different kinds of people, and their personalities. In almost every story there is always a main character that has a problem. He uses his stories to show the reality of life, and all the bad things that come along with it. In Banks story, Comfort, he says, “ Its not so much that you will say things when drunk that you’d never say when sober, as much as you will try to say things you’d ordinarily know simply could not be said. It’s your judgment about the sayable that goes, not your inhibition”(124). Banks is using this story to show how people sometimes communicate when they’re drinking, and how people use drinking to talk about something that they normally wouldn’t talk about. In comfort, the bank teller, Leon LaRoche, tries to tell his story to Dewey Knox while they are drinking. After he tells Dewey he apologizes for drinking so much and leaves. Leon uses drinking as an excuse for saying that he is “a fairy”(129). Leon had never really told anyone that he was gay so I think he felt lonely and felt like he needed to tell someone. Russell Banks is showing how everyone has these deep secrets that they would like to tell someone. When Banks says, “ you will try to say things you’d ordinarily know simply could not be said.”(124). He shows that there are so many lonely people who do not have to be lonely. People feel like they can not say things that a lot of people don’t agree with. After Leon tells Dewey, Dewey doesn’t make him feel bad about it at all, but Leon doesn’t know how to take it so he leaves. Some people go their entire lives feeling like an outsider, because they think they will be judged for being different. There are going to be people that judge you, but there are also going to be people who don’t think it’s a big deal. Russell Banks is trying to show people that they are not alone, and there is someone out there who feels like you