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"flower arrangements of history!...moment of radiance" (17) very dramatic quotation, very play-like #21Lit

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Strangely Enough by CB Colby pg 228 => collection of stories and was narrator's favorite book-> alludes to theme of storytelling #21Lit

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Reference of baby boom era on page 205, reveals importance and excitement of having a child #21Lit

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@jer_evans That is interesting given his familiarity with the Holocaust that he can still appreciate God's love for the Jewish community #21Lit

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Esmeralda= character in 1831 The Hunchback of NotreDame, constantly attracts men with her seductive dances referenced pg 380 #21Lit

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"Tennis is not a black game"=>"But your people always they lose" (326) #RaceStructure #SwingTime #21Lit

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Strange how the narrator struggles with her femininity (290) even though she was raised in a feminist household #21Lit

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The children ran "to get where the power was" during the parade... "A show of power is a show of power" (270) #Deep #Profound #21Lit

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Movie The Green Pastures (229)-> God, heaven, and Old Testament stories described using the perspective of rural black Americans #21Lit

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Narrator's experience in the school "like time travel"(224)-> thrown into nastolgia. Supports the symbol of middle passage=adolescence#21Lit

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"Her mouth turned slack & all her self-possession and beauty drained from her"(188) Narrator's mom taking "You don't exist" to heart #21Lit

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"We wouldn't like that, would we? I said nothing." (117) Narrator conforming into the "we" that do not tolerate blacks #21Lit

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I wonder what Mercer would have to say about the plexiglass sculpture on page 348. Probably thinks the hand harms more than it helps #21Lit

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"[Jennifer is] ranked 1,396 out of 179,827 high school students in Iowa." (343) More numbers that don't really matter #21Lit

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Denise brings up a good point: Does Mae's self-esteem prevent her being more active on social media? #21Lit

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Mae seems to enjoy her experience with the old couple that she met when kayaking than when she is with the Circle #21Lit

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"She needed Gina to like her" (99) but isn't Mae already part of the Circle "family"? Why does she need approval from others? #21lit

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Paper Moon (35)-> film about a con man and a young girl that forge an unlikely relationship Maybe where Mae and Francis are headed...#21Lit