In the book, there is a strict distinction between black people's living conditions and white people's living condition. We can also see that distinction is showing from their sky. White people's living area has blue sky but black people's living area is more polluted than white's. That distiction helps to understand that the theme of discrimination.
In addition in the book there is some detailed explanations about families appereance because there is American Dream and it includes a perfect family, mother takes care of their children and father who works all day and then would come to the home, children who go to the school from their marvelous house. Geraldine's family is one example of perfect family in the book I think because Geraldine,mother of Junior,is married with Louis and she has a cat. They live in nice house,next to playground of Washington Irving school. Her house is too clean and arranged.Here is the American Dream.
But do you see the contradiction here? First you say Geraldine achieved the American Dream, then you say black people could not achieve that dream - yet Geraldine is black.
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