https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f Chapter 14 Presentation en-us 2023-02-24 13:02:30 UTC 2026-02-02 07:21:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1960632189/d014b16b58bde1e12cdeeb46cc6ae262/1380_heart_circle_pink.gif aselby26 https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2493857057 In chapter 14 of "Born a Crime", Tim, Trevor's friend, recognizes that Trevor needs a date, so he offers one to him. He then meets Babiki and falls in love with her. They go out on a few dates, until Trevor asks her to go to the dance with him for his Senior year. He asked Abel to borrow his BMW to impress Babiki, but in the end Abel broke the promise and that night Babiki almost refused to get in the car. But, once they got to the dance, she again refused to get out. 

This is where Trevor learns that Babiki did not speak English. He took her back home and spent the night, ashamed that he was so caught up on looks, he didn't get to know her.]]> 2023-02-24 13:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2493857057 aselby26 https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2493864456 Identity, belonging, and Heartbreak are some main themes in this chapter.

Identity is a clear theme in this chapter, when Trevor gets to meet a girl named Babiki. She doesn't speak as much, and Trevor didn't notice this, just be being so inlove with her. Later on, he comes to realize that Babiki doesn't speak English due to her identity. He was so caught up on his blinded love to come to terms to hear Babiki's voice.
Showing this, Trevor feels upset that he didn't understand this in the start. It left him into a heartbreak.]]> 2023-02-24 13:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2493864456 aselby26 https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2493866893 2023-02-24 13:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2493866893 aselby26 https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2493869927 "Amabhujua will put a shirt on layaway, one shirt, and spend seven months paying it off."
(Noah 168)
From the Sanskirt Language translates into "Born from the lotus"]]> 2023-02-24 13:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2493869927 aselby26 https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2493875329 "When my grandmother and great-grandmother were hysterically praying to God to destroy the demon that had shit on their kitchen floor..."
(Noah 178)]]> 2023-02-24 13:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2493875329 aselby26 https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2493882010 2023-02-24 13:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2493882010 aselby26 https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2494243853 "But I knew the rule: Cool guys get girls, funny guys get to hang out with cool guys with their girls."
(Noah 164)]]> 2023-02-24 18:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2494243853 aselby26 https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2494247989 "But in that moment I realized I'd never actually heard her say anything in English other than: "Yes." "No." "Hi." "Bye." That's it: "Yes." "No." "Hi." "Bye."
(Noah 177)]]> 2023-02-24 18:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2494247989 aselby26 https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2496806975 In this chapter of "Born a Crime", you can see the lessons we learn from this 'tragedy' (or embarrassment in this case), was we need to learn more about people and get to know them even if love or affection for this person starts to blind you. This affects me as a reader and who I am because it may relate to something I've perhaps done before or something that happened that's similar. It helps us to understand more of Trevor's love life and how that it always doesn't go to plan.]]> 2023-02-27 18:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aselby26/4v59av72o6bngu8f/wish/2496806975