Who is hot Sausage in Deacon King Kong?

1     JESUS'S CHEESE   Cuffy Jasper Lambkin An old deacon. Aka: Sportcoat.   Deems Clemens A drug dealer.   Hettie Purvis Lambkin's wife.   Veronica Gee The president of the Cause Houses Tenant Association.   T. J. Billings The head usher at Five Ends. Aka: Bum-Bum.   Izi Cordero The vice president of the Puerto Rican Statehood Society.   Joaquin Cordero A Dominican ex-husband of Izi Cordero   Hot Sausage The Cause Houses janitor and Sportcoat's best friend.   Dominic Lefleur The Haitian Cooking Sensation.   Thomas Elefante Runs a trucking and construction business. Aka: The Elephant.   Reverend Gee The minister at Five Ends Baptist Church   Sister Paulletta   An original founder of Five Ends.   Morris Hurly The funeral director. Aka: Hurly Girly.   Denise Bibb The voluptuous church organist.   Rufus Harley Sportcoat's second-best friend.   Sonny Liston American professional boxer.   Muhammad Ali American professional boxer. activist and philanthropist.   Nanette   One of the choir members.   Sweet Corn   One of the choir members.   Pudding   A young man from the projects.   Pudgy Fingers   Sportcoat's son.   Neva Ramos A Dominican beauty who poured a glass of water on man's head.   Bub Washington A woman who was busted for shoplifting at the grocery store. 2     A DEAD MAN   Erskine   Deacon of Mighty Hand Gospel Tabernacle.   Ginny Rodriguez A tenant living at Building 19.   El Haji Dominic Lefleur's brother.   Tampa Red American Chicago blues musician.   J. C. Yancy A cotton farm owner. 3     JET   Jethro Hardman The first-ever black detective in the Cause Houses. Aka: Jet.   Joe Peck A major Italian crime figure in Brooklyn.   Kevin Mullen A police sergeant. aka: Potts.   Earl Morris Bunch's right-hand man.   Harold   A hit man.   Eleanora Soto One of the members of the Puerto Rican Statehood Society.   Angela Negron One of the members of the Puerto Rican Statehood Society.   Emelia   Miss Izi's cousin. 4     RUNNING OFF   Mr. Itkin Owner of a liquor store.   Louis Clemens Deems grandfather.   Bullet Rogan American baseball player.   Bob Motley The last surviving umpire from baseball's legendary Negro League. 5     THE GOVERNOR   Salvy Doyle An old Irishman.   Driscoll Sturgess Runs a bagel shop in the Bronx. Aka: The Governor.   Guido Elefante Thomas Elefante's father.   Lenny Belton One of Guido Elefante's friends.   Peter Seamus One of Guido Elefante's friends.   Bill Beutel American television reporter, journalist and anchor. 6     BUNCH   Bunch Moon The head of Moon Rental Cars and Moon Steak N Go.   Calvin   One of the workers at Steak N Go shop.   Justin   One of the workers at Steak N Go shop.   Martin Luther King, Jr. American Christian minister and activist.   Willard Johnson American political scientist and African studies expert.   George Washington 1st U.S. President.   Mark Bumpus A smuggler. 7     THE MARCH OF THE ANTS   Hector Maldonez A Colombian worker from the Preston chicken-processing plant.   Andressa Urach Brazilian model, businesswoman and reality television personality.   Abbie Hoffman American social activist.   Andrew T. B. Kosciuszko The great Polish-Lithuanian general.   Emma Goldman An anarchist political activist and writer.   Hercules   Roman hero and god.   Sid   The giant constrictor from the Queensbridge Projects.   Miss Flay A tenant of apartment 1A.   Mrs. Foy The original tenant of apartment 1A.   Mrs. Nelson The apartment owner.   Beanie   One of Deems Clemens' crews.   Rags   One of Deems Clemens' acquaintance.   Sugar   Deems Clemens' best friend.   Stick   Deems Clemens' original crew.   Lightbulb   One of Deems Clemens' crews.   Rooster   Deems Clemens' older cousin.   Pop-Pop   Deems Clemens' grandfather.   Cleon Jones American professional baseball player.   Cool Papa Bell American center fielder in Negro league baseball.   Golly Honey Gibson American professional baseball pitcher.   Smooth Rube Foster American baseball payer, manager, and exec. in the Negro league.   Bullet Rogan American pitcher and outfielder for the Kansas City.   Chink   One of Deems Clemens' acquaintances.   Vance   One of Deems Clemens' acquaintances. 8     THE DIG   Edie Chicksaw Sister Paulette's daughter.   Zeke   Sister Bibb's son. 9     Dirt   Mitch   A young cop.   Dunne   A police officer.   Thelonius Ellis Real name of Hot Sausage.   Ray Charles American singer-songwriter. 10     Soup   Krzypcinksi   A young white social worker.   Hector Vasquez A trombone player.   Willie Bobo A Latin and jazz percussionist of Puerto Rican ancestry.   Irv Thigpen A drummer.   Sonny Rollins An American jazz tenor saxophonist.   Celia Cruz A Cuban singer.   Eddie Palmieri Grammy Award-winning pianist of Puerto Rican ancestry.   Gladys Knight American singer-songwriter.   Soup Lopez Sportcoat's acquaintance.   Ralph Odum The name used by Hot Sausage in Cause House.   Elena   Joaquin's cousin.   Calvin   A Transit Authority worker.   Mingo   Dominic Lefleur's friend.   Muhammad   An Arab religious leader.   Reverend Harris A minister at Ebenezer Baptist.   Mr. Rogers American television host, producer, and Presbyterian minister. 11     Pokeweed   Victor Gorvino The head of the Gorvino family.   Vinny Tognerelli Gorvino's deputy.   Herbie   One of Peck's acquaintances.   Ray   One of Peck's acquaintances.   Julius Caesar Former Roman consul.   Christopher Columbus An Italian explorer and navigator.   Robert Moses. A Jewish reformer. 12     Mojo   Gus   Hot Sausage's uncle.   Neil Armstrong American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon.   Bella Abzug A Jewish congresswoman. 13     The Country Girl   Melissa   The Governor's lass.   Cecil   Elefante's childhood nickname given by his parents.   Brucie   Elefante's cousin.   Frankie Valli American singer.   Macy   The Governor's younger brother.   Bupus   One of Deems' worker.   Harold Dean A negro who was armed and very dangerous man.   Rooster   Deems' older cousin. 15     You Have No Idea What's Coming   Octavia   A deaconess from Mount Tabernacle. 17     Harold   Josh Gibson American Negro league baseball catcher.   Phyllis   A fly girl.   Fuller Richardson Phyllis' uncle.   Bill Boyle The baseball coach at St. Johns.   Diahann Carroll American actress, singer, model, and activist.   Cicely Tyson American actress and former fashion model.   Rag   Deems' worker. 18     Investigation   Randall Collins Real name of Beanie. 20     Plant Man   Mrs. Ellard Hettie's acquaintance.   Edie   Rufus' daughter.   Clemy   Rufus' late wife. 21     New Dirt   Dub   A resident at Cause House. 24     Sister Paul   Marjorie Delaney A receptionist at Brewster Memorial Home.   Mel   A security guard. 26     Beautiful   Rick X   A proud member of the Nation of Islam.   Giotto   An Italian painter.

What does the cheese represent in Deacon King Kong?

Hettie's affiliation with the cheese is meaningful because the cheese symbolizes the connection between the Cause Houses and the Elefante family, a connection that Hettie helped maintain during her lifetime. “Everyone had a reason to be crazy in the Cause. There was mostly a good reason behind everything.

Who are the characters in Deacon King Kong?

FIRST NAME
LAST NAME
DESCRIPTION
Dominic
Lefleur
The Haitian Cooking Sensation.
Thomas
Elefante
Runs a trucking and construction business. Aka: The Elephant.
Reverend
Gee
The minister at Five Ends Baptist Church
Sister Paulletta
An original founder of Five Ends.
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Why did Sportcoat shoot deems in Deacon King Kong?

Sportcoat tells him he know remembers why he shot him (because he wants to remember Deems as the great pitcher and nice young man instead of the drug dealer he has become). Sportcoat lets him go but tells him if Deems ever comes near him he will deaden him where he stands.

Who is Rufus in Deacon King Kong?

Rufus—who was a founding member of the local church before dropping out of the community 14 years before the story—suggests that Sportcoat travel out to the nursing home of Five End's oldest member Sister Paul, who used to be in charge of the Christmas collection.