he is scared of black people , the way they stare at him , and he is scared of the jews-the ones dressed all in black with hats and beards and side curls he can identify , and how many others that he can not -he is scared of the sheer quantity of the people , all shapes and sizes of people , as they spill from their high , high , filthy buildings onto the sidewalks ; he is scared of the honking hullabaloo of the traffic , and he is even scared of the air , which smells both dirty and sweet , and nothing at all like the air of oman .