How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
She has sat back quietly, hoping she has learned, at last, to let the mighty wave of tradition roll on through her life and break on some other female shore. She plans to bob up again after the many don'ts to do what she wants. (1.1.44)
It's interesting to think of the rules about gender that this family follows as a "tradition." It's powerful, like a wave, so you have to decide if you're going to roll with it, or let it smack you down.
Quote #2
Yolanda makes out an undertow of men's voices. Quickly she gets in the car, locks the door, and pulls back onto the road, hugging her right side. (1.1.60)
When out on her own on the Island, Yolanda seems pretty nervous anytime she encounters men. Makes us wonder why men are portrayed as being such a threat.
Quote #3
All the grandfather's Caribbean fondness for a male heir and for fair Nordic looks had surfaced. There was now good blood in the family against a future bad choice by one of its women. (1.2.9)
Even though he tries to cover up his disappointment at having four daughters by repeating, "Good bulls sire cows," it becomes pretty obvious at the birth of his first grandson that he thinks male children are superior.