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Content Warning: This section of the guide mentions suicide, self-harm, and disordered eating. It also includes racist and xenophobic content, including offensive terms for Black people and undocumented citizens, which is replicated in this guide only in direct quotation of the source material.
Part 2 shifts to Ore, who describes the activities during “Freshers Week” and interactions among students. Ore and Tijana meet when a group of boys attempt to play drinking games with them. The boys drop a penny in Tijana’s wine class, and one of them explains that she has to drink the entire glass. She attempts to pour wine on the boy, but Ore intervenes.
Ore explains that her parents adopted her, and that she’s a first-generation college student. Tijana listens and cries as she tells Ore that Agim drank bleach over the summer and died. After saying goodnight to Tijana, Ore spots Miranda struggling with a gate. Recognizing her from their college interviews, the two exchange pleasantries.
Ore surveys her room and describes a book her mother hid in her suitcase. Her mother signed the book of Caribbean legends and lamented being unable to find a Nigerian collection. Ore has already read the book, but rereads the legend of the Plus, gain access to 8,500+ more expert-written Study Guides. Including features:
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