Unlock with LitCharts A+ The summer you knew that something had to happen to Nonso, so that you could survive. Even at ten you knew that some people can take up too much space by simply being, that by existing, some people can stifle others. ...
made the food for Nonso, as if the narrator wasn't there. When Nonso reached the top of the tree, the narrator screamed that there was a snake. Nonso slipped, fell, and died instantly. The narrator and Dozie looked at Nonso's body for a long time before the narrator called ...
He wants to ask whether she knows him, whether she knew him before all this began, but he doesnt. The way she always hesitates鈥攕ubtly, but noticeably鈥攂efore she enters his room, the slight frown that puckers her brow when she says his name鈥 ll make him think he doesnt really ...