How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
I glance at the electric clock above the stove. Unlike the faithful grandfather clock that stopped when its owner died, this one whirrs and hiccups on and on. (8.8)
Remember kids, robots don't care whether you live or die but analog appliances are loyal to the bone.
Quote #5
"Everyone someday dies," she is saying with a sigh as she clears the table. She takes half a piece of leftover toast and puts it away in a square plastic container. (8.11)
Obasan is obsessed with preserving leftovers. She's keeping toast, seriously? She also keeps repeating "everyone someday dies." Do those ideas conflict with each other? Why, or why not?
Quote #6
I am supremely safe in my nemaki, under the heavy bright-coloured futon in my house.The house in which we live is in Marpole, a comfortable residential district of Vancouver. It is more splendid than any house I have lived in since. It does not bear remembering. None of this bears remembering. (9.18)
Why doesn't Naomi want to remember her home in Vancouver? Why do you think she felt so safe there?