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Kelly green shorts, and a t-shirt, looks small against the plainness of the road but her smile was expansive"

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"We were the only kids on the block, so we were best friends by default"

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"Get out of here nigger"
" I´ll beat you up"

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But I don't think she liked me very much, and I don't know If I liked her either"

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"I looked up to Allison"

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"Mom says they are going to ruin our house"

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"I looked up to Allison, even though we didn't have the same interest" p. 1, l. 8

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"we were the only kids on the block, so we were best friends by default"

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"I looked up to Allison, even though I didn't share her interest in Barbies and Hall and Oates.

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"But I don't think she liked me very much , and I don't know if I liked her either."

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"I looked up to Allison, even though I didn't share her interest"

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"It was a hot, bright day. Everything was burning..."
(and later: "...squat shrubs that provided little shade..." and "The sunlight was burning in the strands..." )

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"i was eight and Allison was ten." "We were the only kids on the block sov we were best friend."

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"I looked up to Allison"

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"We were the only kids on the block, so we were best friends by default."

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"I was eight and Allison was ten"

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"Prospect Street was in a white, lower-middle-class neighbourhood."

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"I looked up , and there she was. I smiled, She smiled back."

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"but I don't think she liked me very much, and I don't know if I liked her either" P.2, ll.3-4

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"they don't know they like eatch other

The narrator
"they moved away four years later"
Lives in lower white middle class neighborhood

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"As we rode, our bike tires scored the lawn with deep muddy wounds that would never completely heal. Four years later, when my parents and I moved away, the scars in the ground were still there."

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The girl dressed in Kelly-green shorts and a T-shirt, looked small against the plainness of the road, but her smile was expansive.

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"I don't think she liked me very much, and I don't know if I liked her either."

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Allison likes Barbies and Hall and Oates. The narrator dont.
"eventhough i didn't share her interest in barbies and oats and hall"

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"But I don't think she liked me very much, and I don't know if I liked her either"

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""I said get out of here, nigger, or I'll beat you up.""

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"I was the first to see the younger girl in the middle of Prospect street.."

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l. 6: "... and Allison was ten"

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l. 8: "I looked up to Allison"

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ll. 11-12: "But I don't think she liked me very much, and I don't know if I liked her either".

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"I avoided the girls eyes"

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"Four years later, when mty parents and I moved away"

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"I smiled. She smiled back. P.2, l. 14
"looked small against the plainness of the road, but her smile was expansive" P.2, ll. 19-20

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l. 28: "...but her smiles exspansive"

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"The house across the street from Allison's had been sold the week before, and I guess the girl must have moved in there with her family.

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"Her head down, her chin quivering.."

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The girl said "I thought maybe we could play together, my name is ... "

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"Prospect Street was in a white lower-middle-class" which tell us that they are white

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"Prospect Street was in a white, lower-middle-class neighborhood."

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"The new girl is black"

Allison is racist.

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ll. 33-34 "Get out of here nigger"

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"I remember it all so clear"

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most of the houses were about seventy years old, of simpel, sturdy design

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"She shuffled up the porch steps, her head down, her chin quivering, and disappeared into the house. "

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"The girl, dressed in kelly-green shorts and t-shirt, looked small against the plainess of the road, but her smile was expansive"

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My stomach was twisted in a tight knot

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"Get out of here nigger"
Describes her skin colour

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l. 57 "I remember it all so clearly"

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"And here's what I said back: "Niggers are stupid. Maybe they'll move.""

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"I never said I was sorry"

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"The girl kept smiling, too" p.2, l.27

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"I said get out of here nigger, or I will beat you up"

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"The sunlight was burning in the strands that had come loose from her ponytail..."

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"The new girl dressed in kelly-green shorts and a T-shirt looked small against the plainness of the road, but her smile was expansive"

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"As I said hi to the girl"
He is friendly against the new girl

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"that I froze, my smile still glued on my face" p. 2, l.25

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ll. 63-64 "They moved in last week, and Mom says they're going to ruin our hose."

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"My stomach was twisted in a tight knot."

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" I hope they have forgotten about me. But I know they haven't"

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"I said get out of here nigger, or I will beat you up" p.2, l.29

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"I turned back to the girl and twisted my mouth into a sneer, trying to imitate the hatred I had seen on Allisons face" p. 2, l. 38

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Allison dont like the new girl
"Get out of here, or i will beat you up"

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ll. 68-69 "Niggers are stupid. Maybe they'll move"

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"I turned back to the girl and twisted my mouth into a sneer, trying to immitate the hatred I had seen on Allisons face"

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"i turned back to the girl and twisted my mouth into a sneer, trying to imitate the hatred I had seen on Allisons face."

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ll. 75-76 "As the sun set and I rode home for dinner, my stomach was twisted in a tight knot"

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This happened twenty years ago, but I still think about that afternoon almost every day.

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"...and her long hair was dripping.."

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ll. 82-83 "When the girl and her mother moved away a few months later, I hoped the knot would disappear. It didn't"

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long hair

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"Allison spat back, "I don't play with niggers""

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"I thought maybe we could play. my name is."
The Allison spats back and says "I don't play with niggers"

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"I thought maybe we could play. my name is-"

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The girl said" I thought maybe we could play. My name is.....
Allison spat back, " I don't play with niggers."

The narrator
She feels bad for the new girl

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"I dont want that black girl anywhere near me"

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"The girl said, "I thought maybe we could play. My name is-""

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"i remember it all so clearly" "just enough to feel the hot eyes of the little girls mother"

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""Don't know. I don't want that black girl anywhere near me though.""

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Just moved in to the neighborhood.

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"I thought maybe we could play. My name is-"
The girl wants to play with them

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""Niggers are stupid. Maybe they'll move.""

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"Who was that" he asked Allison"
How are they going to ruin your house"

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"She shuffled up the porch steps, her head down and her chin quivering"