How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Father patted Miss Whitlaw on the shoulder. "It some misunderstanding. We fix," he lied, to make her feel better. It was a misunderstanding, but we would not be able to fix it. Nobody short of Heaven could fix it. (10.96)
Even Windrider, a very good handyman, cannot singlehandedly solve the problem of racial anxiety. Moon Shadow is pessimistic that any person can do something about it.
Quote #5
It was now rumored that the demon officials were going to make us rebuild the Tang people's town not in our original location but down at Hunter's Point; and yet every other ethnic group in the city was going to be allowed to return to its old homesite. (10.102)
The Tang people are being treated differently here, through legally sanctioned discrimination against Chinese immigrants.
Quote #6
"It's too bad," Father observed, "that you have to appeal to their sense of greed."
"That's the way it is with demons," Uncle snapped.
"That's the way it is with most men," Father said. (10.121-123)
Though Uncle and some other characters in the book are quick to blame inequities on non-Chinese people, Windrider reminds us that no one is exempt from being responsible for injustices.