How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
For there were those who were quietly pleased that Alsana Iqbal, with her big house and her blacky-white friends and her husband who looked like Omar Sharif and her son who spoke like the Prince of Wales, was now living in doubt and uncertainty like the rest of them, learning to wear misery like old familiar silk. There was a certain satisfaction in it, even as Zinat (who never revealed her role in the deed) reached over the chair arm to take Alsana's hand in her sympathetic claws. (9.8)
How do Samad and Alsana appear to their extended family? What's the importance of race and class to these perceptions?
Quote #5
"Why must you go an' say tings like dat, hmm? You wan' 'im to tink you some devilish heathen gal? Why kyan you say stamp-collecting or some ting? Come on, I gat to clean deez plates—finish up." (15.94)
Irie has just told Ryan that she likes "music. Concerts, clubs, that kind of thing," but this doesn't fit with the image of her that Hortense wants Ryan to see.
Quote #6
But the question was unnecessary; even as the words formed in her mouth, Irie had already put two and two together. The midnight voice. The perfect daytime straightness and whiteness.
Clara hurriedly stretched to the floor and pried her teeth from Irie's foot and, as it was too late for disguise now, placed them directly on the bedside table. (14.74-75)
Irie has tried to make herself look different, but she is still very upset by the fact that her mother is not exactly as she appears. Guess you can be frustrated by others' attempts to alter their appearances, even if you desire to make exactly the same kinds of changes in your life.