How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
He was eager to get back to the Bronx. His girl hadn't written him since a month before the suicide bomber. He left messages on her machine and her mother's, but neither woman called him back. Thirty feet into Bronx West he got his story. His gal lost the baby late term, then slit her wrists. (4.6)
What Jimmi goes through both at war and when he returns home is completely unfair. There's no explanation for it, no rhyme or reason, nothing that can explain the injustice that he endures. We pity the guy. But does that excuse his actions after this?
Quote #2
He had escaped a horrendous refugee situation a few years before. He was known to help illegals with connections to work and housing—for a price. (5.4)
Fatima has to be careful when she gets to NYC. She can only trust people who will help illegal immigrants, and she learns pretty quickly that group is pretty small. It seems unfair that she escaped Africa for a better life, only to face more hardships in America.
Quote #3
He closed his eyes but still saw her, would always see her. Why didn't he grab her as she skipped past him? Could he have stopped her from detonating that IED? What would have happened if he never signed on for overseas action, if he stayed home to be with his lady? Would he have saved his baby that night? Saved Julyssa? (8.9)
The little girl with the bomb haunts Jimmi's nightmares. He keeps searching for answers, pondering his life on repeat. Here's the thing about injustice, though: It doesn't make sense, no matter how hard you try to explain it.