Close Read Summary #2 Opal packs lightly for the trip, taking with her only two outfits...

 

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Close Read Summary #2 Opal packs lightly for the trip, taking with her only two outfits and her teddy bear, whose name is Two Shoes. Vicky instructs Opal and Jacquie to say goodbye to their house as they walk out the door-the front of it is covered in eviction notices. On the bus, there are hardly any other riders, and though Opal longs to ask her mother about where they're going, she knows her mother doesn't like it when the girls talk on the bus. Opal can't resist, though, and asks her mother where they're going and why. Vicky replies that they're going to live with the Indians of All Tribes in the cells of Alcatraz prison as a protest against the ways in which Indian people are kept in metaphorical "cells" in larger society. Theme: Analysis: Close Read Summary #2 Opal packs lightly for the trip, taking with her only two outfits and her teddy bear, whose name is Two Shoes. Vicky instructs Opal and Jacquie to say goodbye to their house as they walk out the door-the front of it is covered in eviction notices. On the bus, there are hardly any other riders, and though Opal longs to ask her mother about where they're going, she knows her mother doesn't like it when the girls talk on the bus. Opal can't resist, though, and asks her mother where they're going and why. Vicky replies that they're going to live with the Indians of All Tribes in the cells of Alcatraz prison as a protest against the ways in which Indian people are kept in metaphorical "cells" in larger society. Theme: Analysis:

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