The students feel a sense of ownership over the space, and the room abides by the band’s rules, even if the musicians aren’t there.
The author is giving a sense of how the dynamic works in the band to the audience who is reading.
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- Oct 2025
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“There are a few football players who don’t respect the effort we put in, and they get irritated that we have to practice on their field and they have to practice somewhere else,” said Nina. “But that’s just three seniors with big egos.”
They are showing frustration of the disrespect they get from player's on the football team. All they honestly won't is some recognition and respect for what they work so hard for.
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That spotlight, while thrilling, can also be terrifying.
This can be a relation for many and it could be a connection to anything. The thrill and excitement you get from doing something so fun also come's with it's cons of being terrified of what may happen.
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“Ravenna is sort of a nothing town; people aren’t given a lot of opportunity,” said Ashley, the photographer. “When I was growing up there, it seemed that most people’s mentality was ‘this town is garbage and that’s all it will ever be, so no sense in trying to make it any better.’”
This quote is giving a sense of frustration of the town that she is apart of. And also claiming that people aren't given a lot of opportunity which gives a sense of how little the town may be.
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Emmanuel, at right, is hungry for opportunities beyond his hometown. But he also sees himself as a boomerang — someone who will inevitably be drawn back to this corner of the world when “quiet” and “boring” no longer seem so bad.
This highlights conflicts and aspirations. The sentence "hungry for opportunities beyond his hometown" suggest ambition and a desire to explore beyond what he is used to.
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“Being able to keep the restaurant going and carrying on our legacy is extremely important,”
It's a goal for the family to keep the legacy alive
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Knowing that my family has provided food for the community for so long and people depend on it and love it, it is so special to me,”
His family has been major contributor to the community and he is so proud of the work that his family has done for the community by brining a sense of family when going to eat.
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That physical space now includes portraits of his late grandfather, which rest on the mantle above the restaurant’s stone fireplace.
This shows that his grandfather meant a lot of to him and he was important to him.
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But for these young people, the restaurant has a deeper, less public meaning that goes beyond the promise of good food.
The restaurant has an important meaning to the community and brings unity to it.
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Safe spaces for queer Nigerians were almost non-existent 10 years ago, and even now there are only a few.”
Shows how advancements in society has improved over the years
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There’s a thrill to that hunt
The thrill that you get when you search and you find and item is one of the best feelings
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“They have their own eyes for what they want to wear, because everybody thrifts in this market, but they still find ways to make it cool,”
At markets that they have over here you can tell the different styles that people have while thrifting so I can relate to this.
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whose stalls sprawl over miles of cracked gray concrete and packed earth.
The author are describing the setting of Yaba Market to the reader.
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