How we cite our quotes: ("Story Name," Paragraph)
Quote #7
"What's the use?" The men all talked now. "Cut it out, Teece." ("Way up in the Middle of the Air," 157)
Here the white men hanging out at Teece's store join together to help Silly get free. And it almost seems like the white guys are working together here to free themselves from Teece's bullying. So, maybe racists are just as trapped as the people they're racist against?
Quote #8
They began to plan people's lives and libraries; they began to instruct and push about the very people who had come to Mars to get away from being instructed and ruled and pushed about. And it was inevitable that some of these people pushed back... ("The Naming of Names," 4-5)
This interchapter leads into "Usher II," which is largely about Stendahl and Pike and their defense of freedom through killing censors. (Don't try this at home, by the way.) This interchapter lays out the issue very clearly: there's no sympathy here for people who want to control other people's lives. Thanks to this description, we don't care about the censors who get killed in "Usher II."
Quote #9
"Because everyone picked on me. So I stayed where I could throw perfume on myself all day and drink ten thousand malts and eat candy without people saying, 'Oh, that's full of calories!' So here I am!" ("The Silent Towns," 137)
Here's Genevieve Selsor explaining why she's freer now that her family isn't around. This fits in with the theme in the book that others often threaten freedom. But notice that all Genevieve does with her freedom is drink malts and eat candy. Not a great way to spend your days.