How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
As I began to drop weight, I began, as well, to drop my cattle prod of hostility whenever Dr. Shaw closed his office door. (17.36)
Dolores often hides behind her fat-girl persona, so when she drops the fat, she has to drop the attitude.
Quote #8
"You're rushing me," I said. "I'm only fifteen years old in the pool. How many kids my age have to work full-time?" (19.14)
Dolores hasn't worked at all by this point. She's in her early twenties, pretending to be a teenager, and still hasn't transformed into a responsible adult. Both twenty-something Dolores and fifteen-year-old Dolores are both resisting work—the transformative kind—here.