If you look up the noun “undertaker” in the dictionary, you’ll get the following definition: one that takes the risk and management of business. Liebling revolved this definition around one man in the story: Angelo Rizzo of Mulberry Street. Everyone in the neighborhood comes to the undertaker’s store and becomes a part of it. “During the day, the undertaker acts as a referee in the disputes of children. Housewives tell him their troubles; priests appeal to him to head church committees.”

I enjoyed the analogy Liebling used as the frame of his story: the undertaker or otherwise known as Angelo Rizzo. By Liebling using this analogy throughout the whole story, the reader gets a sense of the importance of this one man in the community. It goes to show that the role of a businessman goes far along than being just a businessman. It includes being a sociable person who talks to everyone including the policeman, kids, housewives, and the list goes on. Overall, I think this remains true in neighborhoods today where there is that one businessman who knows everyone and is basically the mayor of the town.