How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"[My parents] certainly don't want me to study at university. All they want me to do is dress and behave appropriately and not embarrass them. My interests seem to embarrass them. And my talking. I'm always being told I'm saying the wrong thing, or at the wrong time, or too boldly. 'Kate, you are too bold,' my mother always says. " (11.100)
This used to be a typical expectation for children, particularly girls. Ever hear the phrase seen and not heard? It came about because girls were supposed to be silent objects, not actual people. (Check out the origins).
Quote #5
"Isn't it funny how we both started calling it HIM."
"I didn't even think about it."
"We have no way of knowing whether it's a he or a she. But of course we just call it him. Just another big important male of the species."
She looked at me angrily, as if this were all my fault somehow. "Let's call it SHE, then," I suggested. Her frown disappeared.
"All right. Good. She." (11.201-205)
Kate actually raises an interesting point. Why did they assume it was a dude? Or is it just easier to say he without really intending to describe its sex? (Whoa—maybe we all need to take a gender studies class. We're in over our heads, here.)
Quote #6
"Bones!" said Miss Simpkins with a shudder, finally setting the femur down on the captain's desk as though it might come alive, snakelike, in her hand. "This is not a healthy pursuit, Kate. It is morbid."
"It isn't," Kate protested. "It's a perfectly fine pursuit. I plan to become an archeological zoologist."
"This does not have the approval of her parents, I can assure you," Miss Simpkins told the captain. (13.92-94)
Geez, it's like Kate said, "I plan to become a con artist to scam people out of their hard-earned money." There are worse pursuits than trying to become a respected scientist. Way worse.