She meditates on what it's like being in trouble, saying that it changes the way you see the world and the people around you. Fonny then has to go back to his cell he and Tish raise their fists to each other through the glass before he goes.įollowing her visit with Fonny in jail, Tish takes the bus home, because it takes longer than the subway and she wants time to think. Tish tells him that he is the first person that she has told. After, he asks Tish if she has told Frank, Fonny's father, yet. Once Fonny gets over his shock, he begins to laugh and expresses joy. While Fonny processes the news, Tish narrates that she and Fonny are not married-they were planning on getting married, but then he went to jail. She begins to cry and assures Fonny that she is happy that she is pregnant. However, she also hopes that it will give him joy in this difficult period of his life. Tish expresses worry and doubt about revealing this news to Fonny, because she knows that he will worry about the baby while he is in jail. Fonny is in jail, and they are forced to speak to each other through a wall of glass. She then reveals that she went to see Fonny, her lover, earlier that day. She meditates on her nickname and reveals that she was "christened" Clementine, which does not seem immediately related to her nickname, Tish. If Beale Street Could Talkopens with the narrator, Tish, looking at herself in the mirror.
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