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Full Cicada Moon Paragraph In her book, “Full Cicada Moon”, Marilyn Hilton exhibits “How communities deal with difference’” in numerous ways, both negative and positive. Hilton tells the story of young mixed race girl who moved to a small, sheltered town in Vermont, and had a tough time getting people to accept her. Many sheltered communities oftentimes have a hard time accepting difference. In the very beginning of the book, when Mimi is riding on the bus to Vermont from Berkeley with her Mom, a lady sitting across from them just stared at them in confusion. She then asks Mimi if she is adopted. Mimi says that she is not adopted and that her mom is her biological mom. The lady still doubts what Mimi is saying is the truth. When Mimi and her mom …show more content…

The woman replies, “Yes, I see,” but does not smile while saying that. When she does not smile, it proves that Mimi was not accepted and that people have a different attitude when they are around something that is different or unlike the norm. Another example is. when Mimi and Stacey were shopping for Christmas gifts, Stacey gave MImi a record and Mimi put it into her bag. A salesgirl approached the girls and asks them if they needed help, but see’s the record, so accuses Mimi of stealing something. Mimi states that she didn’t steal anything, so the salesgirl tries to pull the strap of the the bag off of Mimi’s arm and tells them to leave the premise. This proves that many of the people living in this sheltered community sometimes struggle to welcome difference. They assume that because someone is different than them, that they are somehow worthless and strange. Many people struggle to welcome differences, but plenty of them can learn to accept it. Not only was Mimi considered different because of her race, she was also discriminated against because of her gender. But as time passed, people started to see where she was coming from and better understand that girls do want to have shop class and

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