I like the following quote a lot. It appears in chapter ten.
Wanting to hear it from Timothy, I asked him why there were different colors of skin, white and black, brown and red, and he laughed back, "Why b'feesh different color, or flower b'different color? I true don' know, Phill-eep, but I true tink beneath d'skin is all d'same."
The quote is an important quote because it shows a turning point in Phillip's...
I like the following quote a lot. It appears in chapter ten.
Wanting to hear it from Timothy, I asked him why there were different colors of skin, white and black, brown and red, and he laughed back, "Why b'feesh different color, or flower b'different color? I true don' know, Phill-eep, but I true tink beneath d'skin is all d'same."
The quote is an important quote because it shows a turning point in Phillip's attitude about race and Timothy. When the book starts, Phillip isn't exactly kind toward Timothy, and Timothy's race has a lot to do with that. The above quote shows that Phillip is starting to accept Timothy as an equal. The quote also illustrates that Timothy, while not having much formal education, is an incredibly wise and tolerant character.
The next quote is from chapter nine, and it does a nice job of illustrating how much Phillip's attitude changes over the course of just a few chapters.
"You ugly black man! I won't do it! You're stupid, you can't even spell."
The quote shows a very different side of Phillip this time. The quote is filled with racial prejudices, and shows that Phillip links Timothy's skin color with his intelligence.
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