How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Henry looked at his son and the young woman he was obviously enchanted with. Holding their cups. Feeling the burn. How different they were. And how little it mattered. There differences were unnoticeable. So alike, and so happy. Hard to tell where one person ended and the other began. (33.9)
When Henry sees Marty and Samantha together, he realizes that the fact that they're interracial doesn't even matter. What really matters is how happy they make each other and how good they are as a team.
Quote #8
"I send you to school. I negotiate your way—into a special school. I do this for you. A top white school. And what happens? Instead of studying, you're making eyes with this Japanese girl. Japanese! She's a daughter of the butchers of my people. Your people. Their blood is on her! She stinks of that blood!" (35.37)
All this time, Henry's father has been convinced that he's sending his son to a white school in order to fit in better. When he finds out that Henry has been fraternizing with a Japanese girl—a.k.a. the "enemy"—he completely loses it.
Quote #9
As soon as he stepped out on the sidewalk, Henry immediately felt self-conscious. Like the eyes of the world were on him, and Sheldon too. There wasn't a person of color anywhere in sight. Not even an Indian, which Henry had expected to find in a town named after an Indian tribe. Instead, they were greeted with buttoned-up white folk, all of whom seemed to take notice. (39.65)
Henry's used to feeling like an outsider, but when he gets to Idaho, that feeling becomes even more acute. There sure are a lot of white people here, and he and Sheldon don't exactly fit in.