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Marguerite had sex with a random boy to prove to herself that she was more than just an assault victim, but this ended in her getting pregnant
After being sexual abused, Margeruite felt more in trapped like a caged bird and when trying to break free of her worries and rumors, she but her self in a deeper hole after getting pregnant which sent her into a deep spiral of hate and panic
Mr. Freeman took advantage of Marguerite seeing that she thought of Mr. Freeman as a second father
In Stamps, coloured people would receive lower wages and were only allowed certain jobs like cotton pickers
Vivian, Margeruite's mother told her that “they don’t accept colored people on the streetcars” (257) when she told he mother f her intention to become a onductor. Even for cotton pickers, Marguerite stated that the wages were so low that “no matter how much they picked, it wasn’t enough” (9).
From the beginning of the novel, it was clear that coloured people were discriminated against during this time period and because of this, Marguerite felt trapped in a coloured cage like a caged bird, wanting to be free from here so called "black ugly dream" (4).
There was a a certain standard that all women would have to uphold in order to seem presentable or pretty
Margeruite was constantly doubting herself and putting herself in a spiral of self loath.
She calls herself a "black ugly dream" (4), wishing she would wake up one day.
Marguerite struggles with her self-confidence, constantly doubting herself, her physical appearance and her capabilities
Arkansas had two parts, the Stamps was a place where only coloured people live. Outside the Stamps, lives the white people who mistreat and disrespect the coloured race
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee tells a similar story of racism and how people of coloured were treated differently because of the colour of their skin
