How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"But that's not all," I continued. "Sometimes… sometimes, Woodrow, I feel invisible. Like maybe under all this hair nobody can see me. They talk about my hair, but do they ever see what's underneath? You know what I mean?" (6.89)
Everyone else thinks it must be nice to be complimented for being pretty all the time, but Gypsy is tired of it. She wants people to see her for something other than her super long hair, to be recognized for her talents instead of her appearance.
Quote #5
"So one day Mama was reading out loud to me about the straitjacket, and suddenly she stopped reading and said, 'I know how he feels. I am in a straitjacket, too. That's how I feel. Squeezed to death. I can't move. I can't breathe. I have to get out of here.'" (7.60)
A part of Aunt Belle's problem was that she felt like she couldn't really be herself in the life she'd created with Uncle Everett and Woodrow. She felt suffocated and needed to get out in order to let herself be free.
Quote #6
"Mama cares more about my looks than I do," I said. "She's the one wants me to have this mane."
"Well, I'll tell you right now, girl, that mane, as you call it, is a sight. Everybody has something to say about your hair."
"Let's say I took a notion to cut it. Ain't it my hair? Can't I cut it if I want to?" (11.25-27)
Gypsy just hates how everyone feels like she owes them her beauty. What if she doesn't want to be the prettiest girl in town? Why would it offend everyone—especially her mother—if she decided to cut off all her hair?