How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Scanning. He can scan. If we bring him in by the terminal, I can make it scan the letters and he just says yes when it hits the letters he wants."
"That'll take forever," said Quim.
"Do you want to try that, Miro?" asked Novinha.
He wanted to. (17.233-236)
Miro went over the fence to try to escape his community, which had become intolerable. He wanted to be a stranger, and his loss of language makes that happen. Quara starts to speak, and Miro stops. Everyone else is now a productive citizen of Lusitania; Miro has become, like Novinha, an exile in his home.