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"Her fingernails used to be pink and clear. Now they seashells, salt pitted and yellow." pg 233   M.Y

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"Her fingernails used to be pink and clear. Now they seashells, salt pitted and yellow." pg 233   M.Y

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Fingers are known for connection such as touch and the touch symbolizes affection or empathie for the other. When Leonie's mother is making the contrast of the before and after, we understand that her daughter used to be different and better in the past. When Mam says that “Her fingernails used to be pink and clear.” we easily understand that she was a caring person. Leonie used to take care of herself and the people she love, she was more accessible because she was this person. Now, she isn’t sweet like she used to be, she gives that impression of a slaty person.

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Page 221, Richie said to Pop, "See your face every day. Like the sun." 

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Page 221, Richie said to Pop, "See your face every day. Like the sun." 

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The sun symbolizes connection.
Richie seeing River as a sun everyday shows how River gave him hope and assurance to Richie that he'll protect him in the past.

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pg 233 
"I never wanted you t be hungry, Jojo. That's why I tried. I would do it if she wouldn't."
RB

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pg 233 
"I never wanted you t be hungry, Jojo. That's why I tried. I would do it if she wouldn't."
RB

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This quote is about sacrifice and maternal love.
Mam is expressing her mother instinct towards her grand-children that their mother acknowledges. In fact, Mam is more affective to Jojo and his sister.

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Michael burns the bacon(227) so Jojo has to make food for Kayla

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Michael burns the bacon(227) so Jojo has to make food for Kayla

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Mickeal's parenting.
Good parenting involves a great deal of consistency and routine, which gives children a sense of control. This act makes us aware of Mickeal's lack of love and education concerning his children

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Mickeal's parenting

Mickeal is seen has a very bad parent because of who he is, what he did, and his current or past decisions. By calling Jojo son, Mickeal is trying to create a bond between each other, a father-son relashionship. Pop calls Jojo son.

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"she ain't got the mothering instinct" pg.233

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"she ain't got the mothering instinct" pg.233

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BA

« Maternal love »
This quote is pointing Leonie’s lack of love for her children (Maternal love), she isn’t protective, caring, and doesn’t éprouve empathie for Jojo and Michaela.

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“Watching this family grabs me inside, twists and pulls tight.  It hurts.  It hurts.  It hurts so much I can’t look at it, so I don’t.  I go outside.” (240)

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“Watching this family grabs me inside, twists and pulls tight.  It hurts.  It hurts.  It hurts so much I can’t look at it, so I don’t.  I go outside.” (240)

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page 221, Richie says to Pop " I See your face everyday, like a sun." 

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page 221, Richie says to Pop " I See your face everyday, like a sun." 

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KA
Connection.
The sun is omnipresent and brings light to the shadow.

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“Mama looks at Leonie with so much understanding and forgiveness and love that I hear the song again; I know that singing.  I have heard it from the golden place across the waters.  A great mouth opens in me and wails; i am an empty stomach. The scaly bird lands on the windowsill and caws” 245

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“Mama looks at Leonie with so much understanding and forgiveness and love that I hear the song again; I know that singing.  I have heard it from the golden place across the waters.  A great mouth opens in me and wails; i am an empty stomach. The scaly bird lands on the windowsill and caws” 245

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The song is the symbol.
In this quote, we understand that Jojo is feeling happy. The singing and memories can be interpreted as happiness.

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“I hope I fed you enough.  While I’m here.  So you carry it with you. Like a camel.” (233)...”like a well Jojo.  Pull that water up when you need it.” (234)

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“I hope I fed you enough.  While I’m here.  So you carry it with you. Like a camel.” (233)...”like a well Jojo.  Pull that water up when you need it.” (234)

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The camel symbolizes knowledge.

Mam is talking to JoJo and hopping that everything she teaches him would not be forgotten. That he will carry this knowledge forever and have this wisdom in the future. Mam's stories are life lessons for Jojo, when needed, Mam is hopping that he will use what he have learned.

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"No, she love you. She don't know how to show it. And her love for herself and her love for Michael, well, it gets in the way. It confuses her." pg 234 S.P

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"No, she love you. She don't know how to show it. And her love for herself and her love for Michael, well, it gets in the way. It confuses her." pg 234 S.P

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Mam is confirming to Jojo that his mother loves him but in her own a special way. By not having the mother instinct, it is complicated for Jojo to feel loved. Indeed, Mam is pointing Leonie’s struggle to show love when it isn’t in regard to Mickael.

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"I don't know if its something I did. Or if it's something that's in Leonie. But she aint got the mothering instinct." KD

Maternal love

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 “In the bright light of the day the shadow swallows him: cool dark bayou water, the colour of mud - tepid and blinding.  He moves and he is a of a piece with the darkness.” (229)

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 “In the bright light of the day the shadow swallows him: cool dark bayou water, the colour of mud - tepid and blinding.  He moves and he is a of a piece with the darkness.” (229)

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Richie is singing songs without words. RO

The singing here could symbolize death.

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“Some scientists for BP said this didn’t have nothing to do with the oil, that sometimes this is what happens to animals: they die for unexpected reasons. Sometimes a lot of them.  Sometimes all at once...and when the scientists said that, i thought about humans.  Because humans is animals.” (226)

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“Some scientists for BP said this didn’t have nothing to do with the oil, that sometimes this is what happens to animals: they die for unexpected reasons. Sometimes a lot of them.  Sometimes all at once...and when the scientists said that, i thought about humans.  Because humans is animals.” (226)

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Theme ; Race
Racism.
Police blunder, privilege...

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“the bugs shush for him with every word” (222)

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“the bugs shush for him with every word” (222)

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"She hates me" "No she, love you. She don't know how to show it. And her love for herself and her love for Michael - well it gets in the way. It confuses her." HW

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"She hates me" "No she, love you. She don't know how to show it. And her love for herself and her love for Michael - well it gets in the way. It confuses her." HW

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pg. 234
Resumes Leonie's character.
Leonie is toxic to the people around her. Her love for Michael is her priority.

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 “all the hope on his face, plain in the circle of his mouth, his wide-open eyes, the wrinkle of his forehead...and he’s a cat then, fresh-born, milk-hungry, creeping toward someone he’d die without.” 220

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 “all the hope on his face, plain in the circle of his mouth, his wide-open eyes, the wrinkle of his forehead...and he’s a cat then, fresh-born, milk-hungry, creeping toward someone he’d die without.” 220

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Pop’s lighter: “bright as a lighthouse beacon as it flashed in the dark. (219)“I skipped the steps and leapt up to the porch” (219)

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Pop’s lighter: “bright as a lighthouse beacon as it flashed in the dark. (219)“I skipped the steps and leapt up to the porch” (219)

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Loenie says "Maybe i'm too selfish" pg 244. zh

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Loenie says "Maybe i'm too selfish" pg 244. zh

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Leonie

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"Because we don't walk no straight lines. It's all happening at once. All of it. We all here at once"
D.S.

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Connection
Only close people abbreviates names.

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"...For a stupid second I wonder why Leonie and Michael ain't arguing about him hitting Kayla. And then I remember. They don't care." HG

Symbolize Parenting

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"The boy's face shows in fire, and I ain't nenver seen that look before." LS

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"The boy's face shows in fire, and I ain't nenver seen that look before." LS

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page 220

Fire = Mad

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"I just want you and Michaela to know that I'm here. I'm here to stay. nd I missed y'all."
- Micheal, pg 226
D.P

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Jojo says on Pg. 229 "I apologize until she quiets to hiccups, until I know she can hear me." JK

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"how he cried one day after the spill, when he heard about how all of them was dying off"
pg.225-226
Jwm

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"There are people; tiny and distinct. They fly and walk and float and run. They are alone. They are together. They wander the summits. They swim in the rivers and sea. They walk hand in hand in the parks, in the squares, disappear into the buildings. They are silent. " pg.241 -A.M.

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G.A.

The singing symbolize happiness,

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You better watch out, boy. He used to look at me like that. And then he left me” Page 222 MM

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You better watch out, boy. He used to look at me like that. And then he left me” Page 222 MM