Originally Flashcards

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“We came…”

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“We came from our own country in a red room”

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2
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“One of…”

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“One of them bawling, Home, Home”

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3
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“I stared…”

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“I stared at the eyes of a blind toy, holding its paw.”

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4
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“All childhood…”

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“All childhood is an emigration. Some are slow… Others are sudden.”

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5
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“My parents’…”

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“My parents’ anxiety stirred like a loose tooth in my head. I want our own country, I said.”

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6
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“But then…”

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“But then you forget, or don’t recall, or change, and, seeing your brother swallow a slug, feel only a self of shame.”

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7
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“I remember…”

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“I remember my tongue shedding its skin like a snake, my voice in the classroom sounding just like the rest.”

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8
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“Now, where…”

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“Now, where do you come from? strangers ask. Originally? And I hesitate”

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