How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
[T]he blacks would seat themselves around the small fire [...] and the sight would fill Kunta with a melancholy memory of Juffure. (46.20)
Kunta has intensely mixed feelings towards black people born in America. On one hand, he hates them for seemingly abandoning their heritage. On the other, he keeps seeing glimmers of that heritage pop up at times, unbeknownst to even them.
Quote #8
It was like a sickness spreading within him. He was amazed and ashamed to realize that he felt the need for love. (51.6)
Kunta is so stoic he makes Batman look like a children's entertainer—and that's why we love him. Still, this internal conflict is amplified by his fears of abandoning his culture in this strange and unfamiliar land.
Quote #9
Even when he didn't have anything he'd seen or heard in town to tell the others, Kunta had learned to enjoy sitting around the fire with them in front of the fiddler's hut. (60.1)
Kunta fights it as long as he can, but he finally breaks down and accepts the friendship of the other slaves, in the process joining their community. He still holds on to his cultural heritage—and thanks Allah for that—but he no longer sets himself apart from them. It's a little strange at first, but it's an amazing feeling.