how utterly foolish
this is a very adult way to say something - morrison writing as her current self about her past self
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He looked like an idiot to her, dull and slow.
she has always called him the more intelligent sibling
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What do you want, buddy
its very easy to read who is saying what - only Rahul would have a question posed like this
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developed bursitis in his knee,
small facts like these and Rahul's weight gain subtly enforce how quickly time is passing
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Rahul left in his wake.
as if he's literally dead
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dwelled
love the use of this word bc a dwelling is like a home
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And it's not fair,''
i think this is the first time she's standing up for herself im upset for her!
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now
I had almost forgotten at this point that the issue at hand was Rahul's alcohol problem
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parents told their friends
this is more hope (connected to the line from earlier) but there is also so much embarrassment in these excuses
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it was Rahul they had to tallc about first
Sudha again, being chosen second, ignored
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Everything's fine. Ma and Baba are getting totally hysteri-cal over nothing."
his diction makes him seem so much younger and testier
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safely tucked out of sight.
embarrassment
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He was the first man she'd dated who was never late, never forgot to call when he said he would,
he's the opposite of who her brother turned into
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painting
reminds me of when she was describing her parents' dress before Rahul was born
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feeble hope: as if college, where he'd begun to fall apart, would magically put him together again.
interesting that the parents that seemed so set on realism and tradition are fairytale-hoping for some magic
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I gather everyone at American colleges drinks."
it feels like this should be delivered in almost a whisper - defeated
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seeming disoriented in the town he'd lived in for years.
reality check for the oblivious parent - the preceding sentences feel so slow and solemn
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His words silenced her, cut to the bone. She'd always had a heavy hand in his life, it was true, striving not to control it but to improve it somehow. She had always considered this her responsibility to him. She had not known how to be a sister any other way.
the way this paragraph cuts between the dialogue slows the moment down and puts readers in Sudha's head
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fuck
the first time we've really seen Rahul get aggressive with his sister
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he had revised his opinion of her
so coldly formal and different from their dynamic near the beginning
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ailment
interesting framing - really feels poorly toward her family situation
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they faced a life sentence of being foreign
making something illegal that isn't - creates evil in something that isn't
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ordinary
not a particularly exciting word - very average
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boring
repetition of her being boring
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emptiness she felt in her parents' home
where does she have support?
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distressed
read as disgusted
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You're the best
this feels so manipulative after the "boring" comment from earlier
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picking up each item and then dropping it again
he's being really careless - to both the materials and her feelings
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He told her she didn't need to go
very much not a little brother
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done
seems so final
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splattering the side-walk
use of the word splattering intensifies both the disgusting qualities of the vomit and the recklessness
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