How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"She seems to have responded very darkly to what is finally a very optimistic poem. The poem is about our connectedness—each of us sharing the same root system like leaves of grass." (2.11.18)
Dr. Holden explains that Leaves of Grass is probably the exact opposite of how Margo Roth Spiegelman interprets it. Ms. MRS seems to want to be anything but a part of society, so of course she takes Walt Whitman's meaning and twists it around to fit her own personal ideology.
Quote #5
"I do think there are some interesting connections between the poet in 'Song of Myself' and Margo Roth Spiegelman—all that wild charisma and wanderlust." (2.11.28)
At the end of the book, Margo says she didn't choose this poem specifically, but maybe something in it spoke to her subconsciously.