New Boy

Strawberry Pencil Case

In New Boy, the strawberry pencil case symbolizes how jealousy and the desire for power and status can warp people’s sense of reality and cause them to act in ways that harm themselves and…

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Dee’s Braids

In New Boy, Dee’s tight braids—and the ways different characters react to them—represent how authority figures maintain the status quo, encourage conformity, and discourage individuals from speaking up and fighting back against injustice…

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