How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"There's nothing Heathcliff can ever do to make these Earnshaws think he's good enough. And he tries. He goes away, educates himself, becomes a gentleman. Still, they think he's an animal." (39.26)
In Wuthering Heights, Catherine says of Heathcliff, "I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches, and every word he says—I love all his looks, and all his actions, and him entirely, and altogether." Kind of sounds like Cadence talking about Gat, no?
Quote #5
If you want to live where people are not afraid of mice, you must give up living in palaces. (40.8)
This is a line from one of Cadence's fairytales, and it's unfortunately true of Gat: For as long as he tries to live on Beechwood, he'll always be an outsider. Harris will always be threatened by his difference.
Quote #6
"But the thing that makes me really messed up is the contradiction: when I'm not hating myself, I feel righteous and victimized. Like the world is so unfair." (52.23)
Even when you're as brilliant as Gat, you can't help internalizing prejudice. Plus, hanging out with Harris Sinclair would probably give you an inferiority complex, even if you were the whitest, blondest person on earth.