Quotes for I am Not Esther

p.43	“My name is Kirby. I am not Esther.”	Kirby	Identity – she is fighting against being Esther
p.43	“I was me. Not some robot they programmed.”	Kirby	Identity and freedom  of expression. Her uncle is trying to control her – she is not a machine.
P.44	“I hate her. I really hate her. I’m so frightened.”	Kirby	She hates her mother. Her mother left her with strangers who are trying to change her.
p.54	Rule 10 – “A daughter respects her elders. She is modest. She does not draw attention to herself.”	Aunt Naomi	Telling Kirby the Rules. She wants her to live by The Rule. Freedom of expression and identity
p.54	“I had nightmares about looking in a mirror and having no face.”	Kirby	Identity – who am I? She was afraid of losing herself.
p.56	“She cannot. The women never do. It is a man’s job.”	Uncle Caleb	Aunt Naomi can’t drive. Women don’t drive.
p.62	“Your sister has not died. She is dead to us…”	Uncle Caleb	Miriam left she didn’t want to follow the rules around drawing – she is dead to them. Courage.
p.70	“Sixteen? Married? ... sitting there in the sun in an ordinary New Zealand back garden, so near the twenty-first century you could practically smell it.”	Kirby	About Damaris and Daniel – because the rules say they should marry.
p.71	“I shivered…and looked into a future where there was nobody who thought the same way I did.”	Kirby	Worried about people around her thinking it is okay to marry at 16. She is worried about staying in the children at the faith.
p.78	“We are not permitted to speak to teachers except to answer questions in class.”	Daniel	The Rule in the church. Not allowed to speak unless spoken to. Church worried about kids getting other opinions.
p.78	“If you don’t have much, little things are really special.”	Daniel	They aren’t allowed to take their clothes off at the beach. It is special just to go.
p.81	“There’s mirrors in toilets. I want to see if I’m still here”… “If I could see a reflection of my mind, it’d be so different I wouldn’t recognize it.”	Kirby	Identity – who am I? She is worried that Kirby is gone and all that is left is Esther.
P.81	“Are you Esther, or are you Kirby?”	Ms Chandler	The counsellor asks her. Identity.

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The explanation is short (6 words!) and not informative/ detailed	·       Explanation is better – more detailed and informative. ·       Has a message from the text ·       Uses PEEL ·       Mentions the audience	·       More linking – link to themselves, they relate to the character, the audience. ·       More details about the example – what happens after ·       More details about the character ·       Has a message from the text ·       Uses PEEL	·       More linking – link to themselves, they relate to the character, the audience. ·       Also links world wide – beyond the text ·       Gets to Excellence through the Explanation ·       More details about the character ·       Has a message from the text ·       Uses PEEL

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