How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
In Chicago, it never really got dark, not like this…
What I'd have done without my radio, I didn't know. Grandma, who could hear all over the house, didn't like extra noise, so I played the Philco at night in bed, muffled in the covers. (3.2-3)
It's not just the people that Mary Alice feels strange around. The surroundings are also unfamiliar; she's used the hustle and bustle of city life—and the light pollution. Now she has to rely on her radio to bring her the sounds of the city.
Quote #5
I was lucky to have Ina-Rae though. Carleen Lovejoy was still looking straight through me, and she set the tone for the rest of the girls. I hadn't made a lot of headway in all these weeks. (4.3)
Mary Alice knows that beggars can't be choosers. Even if Ina-Rae is the only person at school who's nice to her, she still considers herself lucky. After all, she could have no one at all.
Quote #6
The school was rocked by the news that I was to play Baby Jesus' Mother. I was surprised myself. Someone was heard to remark, "What was Miss Butler dreaming of? A Chicago girl playing the Virgin Mary. The idea!" It was Carleen. (4.9)
For some reason, Carleen Lovejoy seems to think that a "Chicago girl" couldn't possibly be the Mother Mary in the nativity play. She's absolutely scandalized by Miss Butler's choice—after all, Mary Alice isn't one of them. And certainly no one from Chicago could have sound enough morals to play the Virgin Mary, right?