"that ole snaggle-toothed black woman you runnin' with aint comin' heah to pile up on mah sweat and blood. You aint paid for nothin' on this place, and Ah'mgointer stay right heah till Ah'm toted out foot foremost."
So sykes is cheating with a white woman?
and now stood in her way truculently, his whole manner hoping, praying, for an argument. But she walked calmly around him and commenced to re-sort the things.
why is sykes constantly trying to get a reaction out of her? Does he find pleasure or happiness in her misery?
"Ah done tole you time and again to keep them white folks' clothes outa dis house."
Where would her husband be getting the white folks clothes from?
Course Ah knowed it! That's how come Ah done it." He slapped his leg with his hand and almost rolled on the ground in his mirth. "If you such a big fool dat you got to have a fit over a earth worm or a string, Ah don't keer how bad Ah skeer you."
This makes me wonder how close their relationship is because it seems as if her husband is dominant and cruel
hiding?
Is he referring to beating/hitting her?
ow can I enjoy myself? Not straight, too stiff and now it's also glide, give it more style, make it smooth . . . Haai! Is hard to remember all those things, Boet Sam
Already you can tell that Willie is a bit more pessimistic then sam
Leaning on the solitary table, his head cupped in one hand as he pages through one of the comic books, is Sam.
Hinting at a bit of dreariness. Business is slow and the atmosphere seems kind of heavy
Claire’s mother came from Connecticut. She found even the northernmost reaches of the South vaguely suspect. She missed New England seafood and would occasionally, when feeling extrav-agant, pay an exorbitant amount to express mail herself a live lob-ster. Claire’s father was originally from Minnesota. Before he retired to Florida, Northern Virginia was the furthest south any relative of hers had ever lived. For the moment, it feels like a miracle to her that no one has to know any of that
See this quote is demonstrating how Claire does not associate herself with the confederate flag. Her family isnt even from the south, she feels hypocritical for not revealing that which is evidently her guilt and conscience eating at her but because Claire is stubborn and childish she would continue to ignore those feelings probably until everything boils over
They don’t love each other that way, or pretend to, so it isn’t weird afterward, just a thing that hap-pened because everyone is closer now. Claire and Angela can com-plete each other’s thoughts. Claire and Aaron can be naked. Their mothers, who have only ever been casually friendly, now speak an intimate language of supplements and painkillers and hospitals and wig shops.
I think this shows how Claire has an identity problem. She feels so attached to Angela and her life that she permanently inserted herself by having sex with Aaron. She doesn't need his sex she just needs to feel apart of something since her mother is dying
He is still skinny, his hips slimmer than hers, so she slides underneath him; the weight of her, it seems, might smother him, but the weight of him tethers her to something. He is too gentle with her even after she tells him not to be; after he is finished she has to fake an orgasm to get him to stop
Claire is going through a tough time in her life which is resulting in her to miss or crave something to fill this void. She uses sex or affection from guys as a substitute which is unhealthy and can only negatively affect her in the long run
Claire and Angela forever. By adolescence they have both lucked into beauty, but neither has really noticed yet; there is so little room for interlopers in the tight world of their friendship that they are often each other’s only mirrors
I think that this quote really shows us exactly why Claire acts out. The fact that she sees Angela in herself or view them as each other's mirror is only confusing or molding their personalities. Claire believes that since Angela has shown pride since her childhood in the way she stands up for her culture and color she thinks she should do the same. She doesn't understand the backstory or the meaning of Angela's pride so she creates the story of having pride in that confederate flag
danielle evans647Fictioning where to find her. She prints out a copy of the flag and tapes it to her dorm window. She calls the reporter from the student paper back and tells him she is simply celebrating her heritage, like any number of groups on campus encourage students to do. She affects a lilt to say so, but as soon as the words are out of her mouth she realizes that the affect is a mistake. She doesn’t sound like herself.
Here in this moment we see Claire act purely out of selfishness and childishness. Claire claims that she is putting the flag out of heritage and pride but she knows she doesn't sound like herself which means she truly does not identify with it and is most likely doing this as a cry for attention or simple because she wants to prove that her intentions with the bikini were supposed to be harmless
“You would know,” Claire says back. The bathing suit becomes a habit, even after the temperature dips.
Now the bathing suit becomes used as an instrument to provoke her step mom. Since their relationship is so terrible she most likely blames her for her fathers sudden decisions which affects her therefore she probably feels if she can make her more and more mad she can get rid of her and things will revert back to the way they were
She does look pretty hot: like someone she is not, what with the stars and bars marking her tits and crotch, but a hot someone she is not
I think this little piece is thrown into the story to highlight or even hint at how Claire is certainly not herself anymore. She is like a reflection of herself except her appearance and values have changed
Jackson presents the bathing suit wadded up in a supermarket plastic bag, the sort of awkward non-gift you give someone in an awkward non-relationship—he bought it for five dollars on a spring break trip, he says, for a girlfriend he subse-quently found blowing one of his friends in their shared motel room and broke up with
This shows that Jackson and Claire's relationship is very pointless and don't really have much of a label on it because both teenagers are kind of using each other for selfish purposes.
She had been a teacher. A good one. She had been a protector, too, though onlyof herself. She had kept herself alive when she had no reason to live. If the illness letthese children alone, she could keep them alive
Rye finds her hope, she finds a last bit of hope left in these children because they can speak/communicate. They now become her reason to live and a way for her to keep her memory and knowledge going. They are a substitute for the best things she ever lost
Obsidian would come home with her after all
Its ironic how she says this but she is definitely not thrilled with the reason for him coming home with her now, she obviously would much rather prefer for him to have been alive and not come home with her then be dead and come home with her
She had found and lost the man so quickly. It was as though she had beensnatched from comfort and security and given a sudden, inexplicable beating. Herhead would not clear. She could not think
The impact of suddenly loosing someone who she literally just relied on for comfort is all too familiar to Rye. As someone who lost plenty of people in her life, she makes sure that she does not attach herself to anyone for fear that they might disappear quickly just like the others so for someone like this random man who she just so happened to take a liking to just dies right before her eyes makes her completely stunned and a little dumbfounded
Abruptly, she hated him— deep, bitter hatred. What did literacy mean tohim—a grown man who played cops and robbers? But he was literate and she wasnot. She never would be. She felt sick to her stomach with hatred, frustration, andjealousy. And only a few inches from her hand was a loaded gun.
Like I mentioned in my previous annotation, Literacy and knowledge was Rye's passions. It was a part of her that was implanted in her personality. She defined herself with it so the fact that she lost it and another person, who does not take pride in it, has it is destroying her. She feels jealous because it was probably the one thing she wishes she could have kept
She had lost reading andwriting. That was her most serious impairment and her most painful. She had taughthistory at UCLA. She had done freelance writing. Now she could not even read herown manuscripts. She had a houseful of books that she could neither read nor bringherself to use as fuel. And she had a memory that would not bring back to her muchof what she had read before.
This is the first time we've had a bit of insight as to what Rye actually used to do. We see her passion was reading and knowledge and the fact that she cant remember any of it must have led her into some sort of sad, depressive state. She essentially lost a piece of her which must play into her pessimistic, hopeless attitude since that part of her is gone
the beardedman stopped, looked at her, and indicated that she should choose a direction. Whenshe directed him left and he actually turned left, she began to relax. If he was willingto go where she directed, perhaps he was safe.
The fact that little acts such as the bearded man letting Rye determine where he should drive to next is seen as a sympathetic, genuine gesture shows that clearly the illness creates rude and inconsiderate people. She assumes she is safe just by this small gesture which insinuates that she takes careful notice of how everyone interacts with her and she probably does not get a positive reaction very often
Rye walked toward the bearded man, ignoring the whistling and applauding oftwo of the young men and their thumbs-up signs to the bearded man
This shows that despite men being angry and constantly fighting each other, women are still treated with less respect. They are at the bottom of the social chain.
It was as though they felt it beneath them to be as touchy as the lesscomprehending. This was an attitude of superiority and that was the way people likethe bus driver perceived it.
The idea of being calm and in control is perceived as superiority shows how impulsive and small minded some of the people in this society are. Being Angry and emotion driven are the norms for them however it seems to be causing destruction, jealousy and rage
Cars wererare these days—as rare as a severe shortage of fuel and of relatively unimpairedmechanics could make them. Cars that still ran were as likely to be used as weaponsas they were to serve as transportation
The idea that cars and busses are rare and when in use often lead to chaos leads me to think that the setting is some type of futuristic society or is a turn out of what happens when society has poor communication and safety skills
The bus did not move, but Rye moved away from it. She intended to wait untilthe trouble was over and get on again, but if there was shooting, she wanted theprotection of a tree.
This shows that Rye is being cautious of her surroundings. The trepidation she feels towards the bus causes her to want to almost "prepare" herself for the worst which plays into her hopeless, pessimistic persona
The driver grunted back through bared teeth. Frightened, the woman drew away
So far we see that this story portrays men to be brutal and barbaric while women are sort of on the sidelines striving to create peace as the men engage in rough activities
Shewatched the two carefully, knowing the fight would begin when someone's nervebroke or someone's hand slipped or someone came to the end of his limited abilityto communicate. These things could happen anytime
From this quote we can infer that our main character Rye is not a very hopeful person. The fact that she is anticipating a fight between the two guys means she is most likely a pessimist