Unnamed Orphans

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2020-02-01 15:09
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2167
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Unnamed Orphans
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Unnamed Orphans
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No
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In Light in August these children in the Memphis orphanage wear "identical and uniform blue denim" (119). Joe seems to live apart from most of them, except a few of the older girls who show him some maternal kindess. According to Hines and the dietitian, at least some of these children call Joe "Nigger" (127).

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