Tar Beach Admiration Quotes

Then it won't matter that he's not in their old union, or whether he's colored or a half-breed Indian, like they say. (14)

The union should admire Cassie's father for being such a good worker. Instead it sounds like they treat him like dirt.

He'll be rich and won't have to stand on a 24-story-high girders and look down. (15)

Cassie wants the whole world to admire her father as much as she does.

And Mommy can laugh and sleep late like Mrs. Honey […] (17)

There's a little hint here that Cassie admires the neighbors. She wants her mom to have a good life like Mrs. Honey.