Comments:
1. Lily's birthday is on July 4th, she says" i had the same birthday as the country.." where she believes she receives no love or attention because of it.
2. Lily is lonely counting the fact that she does not have many people in her life, especially her mother.
3. Her dad; T-Ray finally told her what happened to her mother, from their arguments to the fights. We know that Lily accidentally killed her mother, which explains why her dad didn't want to tell her.
3. Rosaleen was acting disrespectful towards the workers in the villa and they encountered racism.
5. Rosaleen and Lily get arrested for Rosaleen spilling juice on three white men's shoes.
6. T-ray disrespected Lily and told her, her own mother did not love her, which was really harsh especially at the age Lily is at.
Questions:
1. Why wont Rosaleen provide Lily with the support she needs, knowing she has no one?
2. Why is it that they get arrested so easily? is it because Rosaleen is a dark-skinned female?
3. Why is a women being treated like some kind of animal at the jail by the men?
4. Why would T-Ray insult Lily and hurt her so badly, by telling her that her own mother does not love her?
Literary Terms:
1. "The door closed. So quiet it amounthed to nother but a snap of air, and that was the strongeness of it, how a small sound llike that could fall across the whole world."(pg 33)- Metaphor
2. "The women could have cared less about you..."(pg 39)- climax
3. "Suddenly i felt ice cold, as if something dangerous had slipped into the room. I looked toward the window and felt a tremer slide along my spine."(pg 39)- metaphor
Words:
1. Grits (pg 24)- grain hulled and coarsely ground
2. Sashaying ( pg 32)- To walk or proceed, especially in an easy or casual manner
Summary:
- This Chapter opens the readers eyes as to what the family is feeling, how T-Ray treats Lily and the racial acts in the society.
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