How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"I will not have my servants intruding their personal affairs into my drawing room. Priscilla, if you are not satisfied here, I can arrange for your return to your mother, but you are not ever to bring in street boys, horse boys, riffraff…"
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"And you"—she turned to Johnny—"get back to the gutter or wherever boys like you keep themselves." (7.5.25, 33)
Okay, what is Lavinia Lyte's deal? Based on her conversation with Johnny at the end of the novel, we know that at this point she at least suspects that they actually are related, and she's already started digging to find out the truth. Yet she keeps insulting him. She's downright mean whenever she gets a chance. Why?
Quote #5
He could see her profile through the window. Cilla sat facing her. Isannah, as befitted her higher station in the household, sat next to Miss Lyte. Only Isannah was staring about, observing the "lower classes" milling about in the street. She looked straight at Johnny and he at her. Neither gave any sign of recognition. (8.1.1)
Isannah doesn't have much ability to develop her own personality. Maybe she should be an actress because she mainly mimics those around her. When Cilla is her main influence, she copies Cilla's thoughts and words, but when Lavinia Lyte steps in, she starts trying to act like her. Is she more or less admirable a character than Lavinia Lyte? In other words, which of them is worse?
Quote #6
He stood by the entrance gates. Yes, Cilla was right. They had smashed the arms carved upon the gates. The poor people of Milton had had enough of that rising eye. Johnny wasn't sure but he had as well. (8.2.3)
This is one of the few places where the rebellion appears to be specifically class-based. According to the novel, is there a place for people like the Lytes in the colonies? Would they be welcomed if they wanted to join the rebellion?