1) " I looked good. And I looked white. But I wanted Sister Leopolda heart. And here was the thing: Sometimes I wanted her heart in love and admiration."
- In the story, Maria Lazarre wants the people and the sisters of the Convent to acknowledge her. The quote describes how Marie want Sister Leopolda's love and admiration. Maria felt that she's despised by the people because she was from an reservation, she don't have much Indian blood, and she have a lighter skin. She wants to be respected like the other sisters and be treated the same like anyone else. This quote help readers analyze the main conflict between Sister Leopolda and Maria.
2) "She grabbed me by the collar and dragged me, feet flying, through the room and threw me in the closet with her dead black overboot."
- This quote describes how evil and abusive Sister Leopolda is. Sister Leopolda may seem like a nice and respected person but inside she's different. In the story, Sister Leopolda would hit Maria's head with a poker, stabbed her hand with a fork, then hit her until she faints from a lost of consciousness.This quote describes how Sister Leopolda treat Maria and how differently she treat Maria from the others. Readers can interpret that Sister Leopolda have a different opinion on Maria and her race from the following quote.
3) "With her desperate eyes drowning in the deep wells of her wrongness. There would be no one else after me."
- Sister Leopolda is hiding the truth on how Maria lost consciousness. In the story, Sister hit Maria's head with a poker, and stabs her hand with a fork but she told the sisters that Maria fainted from poison. The sisters never questioned Sister Leopolda's claim on whether its true or not but they believed her in the end. They believe that sister Leopolda is always right and they would never believe in Maria because they would rather believe in someone that is the same race as them than someone who isn't. This quote demonstrates the theme of racism of where Marie is treated differently because of her nationality, race, color, and culture.
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