Directions: For each quote, identify any words in the quote that specifically signal contrast, then write an analytical sentence that incorporates the quote and reveals a greater message. Below is an example:
Quote demonstrating contrast: “things that were common in Her neighborhood, absent in mine
Contrasting words: “common” vs absent”
Analytical sentence incorporating quote (or part of the quote)
Morrison’s comment, “things that were common in Her neighborhood, absent in mine,” shows that Morrison was aware that she and her employer occupied different worlds.

1. Quote demonstrating contrast: “I knew how to scrub floors on my knees and how to wash clothes in our zinc tub, but I ad never seen a Hoover vacuum cleaner or an iron that wasn’t heated by fire.”

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2. Quote demonstrating contrast: “Part of my pride in working for Her was earning money I could squander: on movies, candy, paddleballs, jacks, ice cream cones. But a larger part of my pride was based on the fact that I gave half my wages to my mother, which meant that some of my earnings were used for real things—an insurance-policy payment or what was owed to the milkman or the iceman."

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3. Quote demonstrating contrast: They are loved, doted on, protected, and helped. Fine, and yet …"

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4. Quote demonstrating contrast: "I wanted to refuse, or at least to complain, but I was afraid She would fire me, and I would lose the freedom the dollar gave me, as well as the standing I had at home—although both were slowly being eroded."

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5. Quote demonstrating contrast: “Listen. You don't live there. You live here."

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6. Quote demonstrating contrast: "You are not the work you do; you are the person you are."

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7. Quote demonstrating contrast: "I have worked for all sorts of people since then, geniuses and morons, quick-witted and dull, bighearted and narrow."

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