Notes from KKT discussion

- not having a father at home (p 13)

- Doria’s education (p 38)

- Mom’s accent (p 7)

- Racial tension (p 30)

- Strike at mom’s job (p 54)

- Jealous of Hamoudi (p 53)

- Her culture and background (p 4-5)

- Made fun of when little (p 27)

- Mom can’t read (p 38)

- Very closed minded (p 31)

- Money, poverty (p 2, 12, 15, 23, 24, 30, 33, 42)

- People who put down her and her mother based on their lives (p 17)

- Losing one of her only friends, Hamoudi (p 45-46)

- Treating her like a welfare junkie (p 16)

- Social worker shows of what she has and it makes Doria mad (p 60)

- Principal not believing her (p 4-5)

- Babysitting, mom doesn’t want her to (p 53)

- Not enough for rent (p 51)

- Fate has everything planned (p 10)

- Community being falsely accused with drugs (p 60)

- She doesn’t believe in herself

- Doesn’t make any effort in classes at school

- Not open to people or to new experiences

- Poverty and money saving is a huge issue

- stereotypical jobs that women have (p 2)

- Every Monday visits Madame Burlaud (p 1)

- Get married to a boy who is already picked out for her (p 12, 20, 58)

- Supposed to be blonde (p 33)

- If a boy expected to be selling potatoes and turnips by age 16 (p 14)

- “She’s pretty smart like that for a chick.” (p 3)

- freaked out about maturing, zits, chest, greasy hair, gawky body, glassy eyes (p 41)

- not all educated= Mom (p 49)

- girls have bad education (p 36)

- take care of mother and herself (p 24)

- expected to bear sons for their husbands (p 2)

- staying for the end of the festival (p 45)

- Mme Burlaud tries to get Doria to talk about Dad/ family; afford a ski trip/group trip à boarding with other people; wants to help (p 4)

- Talked to same women (p 41)

- Art teacher is “supportive” (p 37)

- Mother keeps going/trying to support her (p 53)

- The rent lady offered a babysitting job (p 51)

- Riding on the metro escaping from her life for a day (p 21)

- Visiting her Aunt Zohra (p 25)

- Admires how strange her aunt is (p 26)

- The super’s wife telling her about babysitting to support her mother (p 51-53)

- Spends time talking to Hamoudi (p 19)

- Lila paying her to babysit (p 53)

- Nabil makes Doria feel better about herself (p 38)

- “She really makes me feel like she gives a damn about our lives” (p 9)

- book: Saharan Love at first sight (p 49)

- she babysits Sara (p 51-53)

- looks down at people like Nabil (p 42)

- Relating everything to movies and TV shows to entertain her and help her comprehend things more clearly (p 34-35)

- By acting like she doesn’t care about anything (p 36)

- Caring for mom (multiple pages)

- Being somewhat realistic on life, not getting false hope (p 6, 60)

- By being more judgmental toward other people to stay tough (multiple pages)

- Having over the top fantasies about being rich and meeting Mr. Right (p 34)

- Survives the judgment put against her by being judgmental towards everyone else and makes herself feel better (p 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 17, 23)

- Mme Burlaud helps her to find things out about herself and she confides in her (p 55)

- Thinking about someone other than herself (inference; no p)