A local lawyer who offers to represent Bebe Chow pro bono in her custody case against the state. Ed helps Bebe to file paperwork that grants her visitation rights with May Ling, and attempts to clinch the case in Bebe’s favor by revealing, through his line of questioning, the McCulloughs’ insensitivity to racist tropes about Chinese culture and their resulting inability to raise her in a way that connects her to her “birth culture” in any meaningful way.
Ed Lim Quotes in Little Fires Everywhere
The Little Fires Everywhere quotes below are all either spoken by Ed Lim or refer to Ed Lim. 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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Chapter 16
Quotes
It came, over and over, down to this: What made someone a mother? Was it biology alone, or was it love?
Related Characters:
Mr. Richardson / Bill, Bebe Chow, Mirabelle McCullough / May Ling Chow, Linda and Mark McCullough, Ed Lim
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Ed Lim Quotes in Little Fires Everywhere
The Little Fires Everywhere quotes below are all either spoken by Ed Lim or refer to Ed Lim. 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:
).
Chapter 16
Quotes
It came, over and over, down to this: What made someone a mother? Was it biology alone, or was it love?
Related Characters:
Mr. Richardson / Bill, Bebe Chow, Mirabelle McCullough / May Ling Chow, Linda and Mark McCullough, Ed Lim
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
