White Spirit

by

Cate Kennedy

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Jameela is one of the women in thenarrator’s fabric-painting class. She is kind to the narrator and patient with the narrator’s requests regarding the women in the class’s attendance at the unveiling of the mural, even as she firmly says no to some of those requests. She is the person who calls the narrator back to take a photo with the whole class near the end of the story, when the narrator is about to abandon the mural celebration.

Jameela Quotes in White Spirit

The White Spirit quotes below are all either spoken by Jameela or refer to Jameela . 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:
Multiculturalism, Authenticity, and Appropriation Theme Icon
).
 White Spirit Quotes

“Because, you know, you can wear national costume, if you like. Your traditional dresses? That would be wonderful. The minister would love to see that.”

Their faces grow wary and apologetic with unsayable things. The room is stiff with a charged awkwardness, with languages I can’t speak.

“No. But we come.”

Related Characters: Narrator (speaker), Jameela (speaker), Nahir (speaker), The Other Residents (speaker), Minister
Page Number: 177
Explanation and Analysis:

I stand there in the middle in my jeans and black top, a dowdy, sad sparrow among peacocks. Then, as Jameela raises the camera I feel two arms on either side of me, stretching tentatively round my waist, drawing me tighter, and in spite of everything, I smile.

Related Characters: Narrator (speaker), Jameela , Nahir , The Other Residents
Page Number: 184
Explanation and Analysis:
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Jameela Quotes in White Spirit

The White Spirit quotes below are all either spoken by Jameela or refer to Jameela . 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:
Multiculturalism, Authenticity, and Appropriation Theme Icon
).
 White Spirit Quotes

“Because, you know, you can wear national costume, if you like. Your traditional dresses? That would be wonderful. The minister would love to see that.”

Their faces grow wary and apologetic with unsayable things. The room is stiff with a charged awkwardness, with languages I can’t speak.

“No. But we come.”

Related Characters: Narrator (speaker), Jameela (speaker), Nahir (speaker), The Other Residents (speaker), Minister
Page Number: 177
Explanation and Analysis:

I stand there in the middle in my jeans and black top, a dowdy, sad sparrow among peacocks. Then, as Jameela raises the camera I feel two arms on either side of me, stretching tentatively round my waist, drawing me tighter, and in spite of everything, I smile.

Related Characters: Narrator (speaker), Jameela , Nahir , The Other Residents
Page Number: 184
Explanation and Analysis: