In this chapter, we are introduced to a number of characters who have been introduced in the previous chapters. The first of these characters is a young man named Shmoop, who is a member of the Ku Klux Klan. He is the leader of a group of Klan members who are planning to go to the White House to protest against the government's treatment of African Americans. Shmo, the young leader of the group, is also the son of a white man who was killed by a black man in the Civil War. The young leader is very angry at the government for treating him like a second-class citizen, and he wants to make sure that his son is treated the same way.