... backseat to the attainment of material things and status become the driving force for people. "They eat, sleep, and breathe for one thing - making it."" (Naylor 39). This quote is from Lester in a conversation with his friends, summing up the people of Linden Hills, of which he begrudgingly is one of. Although he lives ... up with the Jones's but it's pretty embarrassing to have the worst house on the block and to just settle for that."(Naylor 51) Roxanne is determined to "marry well - or not at all (Naylor 53) and to achieve this she "had paid her dues to the Civil Rights Movement by wea...

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