quote 1 pg 69 The speech therapy services that we also sought, on on the other hand, clearly did not help in ways we imagined. juxtaposition against the occupational therapy that went really well all by itself, almost a transition reflective, shows another point in which her expectations were different from reality quote 2 pg 69 There's a saying in the autistic community: "If you've met on autistic person, you've met one autistic person"...It's all so varied. So of course, what would help her may be different from what would help someone else. Connects to Katya- she's so different from other kids with down syndrome Interesting parallel with her and her husband; they both need different things with Emily and approach things with her differently from each other quote 3 pg 72 I also know i can't speak for for every autistic person either, because if i did, my words would make me just as guilty as those who would stuff us all into the same box. imagery to show how she would be if she tried to speak for all autistic people all by itself, one long sentence, shows the importance of it good conclusion to the chapter, showing her perspective of it quote 4 pg 74 I would have sacrificed my relationship with Tom on the altar of Emily, and our marriage would have suffered as a result doesn't get very descriptive, but this imagery conveys the intensity of this she felt like it would have to be one thing or the other shows her love and fight for emily quote 5 pg 78 I noticed the classroom she'd been offered was not part of the school proper. It was housed in a trailer (described charitably by the district as a "bungalow")...this was a way to keep autistic kids segregated. tone of slight sarcasm and distaste saw this in the movie out of my mind separating kids under the idea that they have different needs so they need to be segregated quote 6 pg 81 where it talks about how she's used to getting her way really shows the change she has gone through pre emily post emily: she has had toi change her behaviors to be able to do what needed to be done quote 7 pg 86 When I went to Alicia's, my home remained my home. shows the effect of the change her life. It also shows an awareness that she has about all this quote 8 pg 87 I can see now that if i'd had the ability to type or to let others know what was going on inside me, it would have helped. But I didn't. I felt tangled up inside. First part shows this perspective of her looking back and reflecting and seeing how things could've been different second part has short sentences to convey the emotions she felt, and the weight of them quote 9 pg 88 I cried inside because it felt like a death sentence. To feel that i was condemned to no education, no advancement. death sentence- shows the severity of her not be able to get an education, and also shows her perception of what education means in our world quote 10 pg 95 the quote that juxtaposes the cruelty and kindness that emily faced valerie juxtaposes these two situations i see this with katya bigger paragraph for the cruelty, can relate to the focus on the mean things people do