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P. 415: "anger required no trigger or pretext"-- seems to answer our questions on why the grandfather has sudden outbreaks of anger #21Lit

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@twilliams_5 More fire imagery on p. 193 when the grandmother sets fire to her notebook and then throws it into the river #21Lit

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"Essayons" (p. 93) means "let us try" in French- referring to mike's grandfather's new determination to save/mend mike's grandmother #21Lit

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@imbradfordis Agreed. Although it's open ended, I think zadie means to signify the narrator's move towards independence in the end #21lit

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The more scenes that I read about the narrator's mother's independent aspirations, the more I see the two as foils #21lit

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@lucas_c113 another reference to freedom on p. 286: "I was very free compared to her" referring to Tracey #21Lit

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P. 224 narrator has the same feeling of shame while visiting the african school that the mothers had while visiting her school #21lit

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@lucas_c113 Maybe narrator's inability to form independent thoughts parallels her inability to escape adolescence, unlike Tracey #21lit

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@lucas_c113 I think the narrator just wants to be like Tracey at this point. She doesn't seem independent at all #21lit

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@lucas_c113 p.215: "she [tracey] found her tribe" -freedom or the narrator's ultimate goal could be finding her own tribe #21Lit

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@natey115_D that quote also probably alludes to her views on teaching in general #21Lit

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This story's focus on how Eleanora is "unattached" and "floating" reminds me of the lives of the narrator and Aimee in swing time #21Lit

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@slalor8 p.121: "he isn't doing that right" and p126: editing Aimee's charity video

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anyone else notice the focus on the significance of reality vs video? especially since Aimee is a video star #21Lit

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@fostermccune19 this is interesting. She mentions how she sometimes thought of the whole situation as a hallucination #21Lit

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p. 425- "NeighborWatch" and "see you" are introduced at the plankton meeting... Two extremely creepy names for products. #21Lit

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"We're at around 58% [participation] of those eligible to vote" (p. 387)
2016 election: 57.9% (over 90 million did not vote) #21Lit

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The guides distraction from the danger of feeding the shark seems to show how being constantly watched can abstract views on reality #21Lit

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Mae's thoughts on Mercer's unappealing appearance after their argument seems to highlight her own insecurities #21Lit

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@slalor8 #21Lit