Okon and Elvis (Continued)

Okon appears in the story again on page 75, but assuming a new look this time. "A man stood in the open door of the buka, dressed like Superfly" (75).  Since Elvis had just been fired from his job, and was short on money, he allowed Okon to return the favor of the previous week. Elvis discovers that Okon sells his own blood two four different hospitals, but politely declines the offer given by Okon to donate his own blood for money as well. The donation of blood comes to symbolize more than monetary gain, though. The sacrifice of the body for money becomes a strong symbol of the vampirism of the society in which they live. In a way, it is a form of prostitution, in that the human body is commodified. Both traditional prostitution and the selling of blood are both a product of the system in which they live, but act as kind of loop-holes in their situation.