Neeka by vlee https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd Post quotes, descriptions, etc. related to your character as you read chapters 6-15. en-us 2018-10-02 21:04:38 UTC 2018-10-27 19:36:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Neeka https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/291217805 Short for Daneeka L. Jones.]]> 2018-10-10 13:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/291217805 Friendships https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/291218573 Neeka is the narrator's best friend since they were young. She and the Narrator become friends with D at the same time.]]> 2018-10-10 13:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/291218573 Family https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/291219193 Neeka comes from a large family. Tash and Jayjones are her older brothers, and she has two sets of twins as younger siblings.
Her younger siblings annoy her, but she loves her older brothers.
 Neeka has a loving parents who work hard to care for their family and keep them safe.]]> 2018-10-10 13:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/291219193 Big Purpose https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/291220534 Neeka has serious thoughts about her Big Purpose. While on a bus ride to visit her brother in jail, Neeka tells the narrator that she wants to become a professor or lawyer, someone who commands respect. ]]> 2018-10-10 13:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/291220534 Freedom https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/291221693 At twelve, Neeka and the Narrator consider themselves “almost grown,” and they want to be emancipated from the block they live on.
Neeka can't wait for adulthood and craves freedom even more than her friends. She sees D as this free spirit that can do whatever she pleases (not realizing that she doesn't have much of a choice in the matter). She's willing to test her boundaries to experience even the least bit of independence]]> 2018-10-10 13:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/291221693 Personality https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/291239703 Neeka is sometimes quick to judge or make fun of people's choices before really thinking about their reasoning. This "all knowing, but not considering" quality of hers shows her bit of immaturity. ]]> 2018-10-10 13:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/291239703 "You should just tell the crazy lady you almost grown. And then come around here and let me hook you up with some fly hair and good fashion" Pg. 12 "If you told Flo to kiss your butt, she'd see you was half grown and stop treating you like somebody's baby" Pg. 13 https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/297680741 Neeka makes an easier-said-than-done remark about what she thinks D should say to her foster mom. ]]> 2018-10-27 19:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/valarieglee/msf8j9uy2tyd/wish/297680741