Dear Justyce
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Snapshot: Two Boys on a Brand-New Playground (2010) Chapter 1: Doomed January 12 Chapter 2: Downhill Snap2 February 8 Chapter 3: Disrespect Snapshot: Two Boys Not Speaking (2013) Chapter 4: Defiance March 12 Chapter 5: Delinquent Snapshot: A Boy Meeting a Man (2016) April 4 Chapter 6: Disclose Snapshot: A Boy Alone on a Run-Down Playground (2017) Chapter 7: Disaster September 10, 2017 April 24; Snapshot: A Postscript (Present Day) Snapshot: Two Boys and a Girl in a Car (Present Day) Chapter 8: Deal May 18 Snapshot: Two Boys, a Girl, a Teacher, a Lawyer, and a Case Management Intern in a Basement Chapter 9: Dawg June 1 Snapshot: A Prelaw Yale Undergrad, a Defense Lawyer, and a District Attorney in a Law Office Chapter 10: Dasia June 14 Snapshot: A Black Boy (and a White Boy) Visits a Black Man (and a White Boy) Chapter 11: Debt Snapshot: Two Boys, an Attorney, a Teacher, and a Disgruntled Guard in a Conference Room July 23 August 27 Chapter 12: Done Snapshot: Two Young Men on a New (To Them) Playground
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All Themes Choices vs. Fate Justice, Racial Bias, and Growing Up Identity, Support, and Community Family, Loyalty, and Belonging Survival, Poverty, and Violence
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All Characters Quan Banks Justyce Martel Dwight Mama Doc Daddy Trey Liberty Ayers Jared Christensen Dasia Attorney Adrienne Friedman Officer Tommy Castillo Tay Manny Aunt Tiff Gabe Mrs. Pavlostathis SJ Ms. Mays Brad DeMarcus Marcus Anthony Baldwin Sr. Officer Garrett Tison John Mark
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Dear Justyce

by

Nic Stone
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Attorney Adrienne Friedman Character Analysis

Adrienne is SJ’s mother, and she’s also a lawyer who agrees to take on Quan’s case. According to Justyce, she has a lot of experience with cases like Quan’s in which a Black young man is incarcerated after ending up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Quan is skeptical of her at first, but he soon comes to appreciate her. Unlike Quan’s other lawyers, Adrienne actually listens to what he has to say and believes his version of events. Most surprisingly, though, she’s the first lawyer Quan has ever had who wants to see him be entirely free and reintegrate into society. She also acts as a mentor to Justyce, who is an aspiring lawyer himself.

Attorney Adrienne Friedman Quotes in Dear Justyce

The Dear Justyce quotes below are all either spoken by Attorney Adrienne Friedman or refer to Attorney Adrienne Friedman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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).
June 1 Quotes

She came in and we talked for a while and she asked me a bunch of questions the other dude never asked. And I’m pretty sure she actually believes everything I told her. Which was even a little bit uncomfortable despite the fact that I was telling the truth.

I just didn’t realize what a difference it would make to be in conversation with someone who genuinely wants to keep me OUT of prison altogether. Shit made me realize that in all my years dealing with the system, I ain’t never had an attorney who wanted to see me totally free.

Related Characters: Quan Banks (speaker), Justyce, Attorney Adrienne Friedman
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Page Number: 185
Explanation and Analysis:
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Attorney Adrienne Friedman Quotes in Dear Justyce

The Dear Justyce quotes below are all either spoken by Attorney Adrienne Friedman or refer to Attorney Adrienne Friedman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Choices vs. Fate Theme Icon
).
June 1 Quotes

She came in and we talked for a while and she asked me a bunch of questions the other dude never asked. And I’m pretty sure she actually believes everything I told her. Which was even a little bit uncomfortable despite the fact that I was telling the truth.

I just didn’t realize what a difference it would make to be in conversation with someone who genuinely wants to keep me OUT of prison altogether. Shit made me realize that in all my years dealing with the system, I ain’t never had an attorney who wanted to see me totally free.

Related Characters: Quan Banks (speaker), Justyce, Attorney Adrienne Friedman
Choices vs. Fate Theme Icon
Justice, Racial Bias, and Growing Up Theme Icon
Survival, Poverty, and Violence Theme Icon
Page Number: 185
Explanation and Analysis:
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