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Study Guide: A Hope In the Unseen by Ron Suskind - Online Notes

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8. Fierce Intimacies

Summary

In Professor Tom James' History of Education class, Cedric struggles to keep up, as he does in general with classes. It's a beautiful day, so after Spanish class he decides to indulge. Doctor Korb sends him $200 on the fifteenth of each month for spending money, and Cedric decides to eat at Cafe Paragon, a favorite haunt of Brown university denizens. While eating, he overhears two white professors speak disparagingly of affirmative action; leaving the restaurant, he runs into his Richard Wright seminar instructor, a graduate student named Stephan Wheelock, and greets him in passing. The next day in the seminar, discussion steers to why Richard Wright placed the companion essay "How 'Bigger' was Born" at the end of the book - which is derailed when a student points out the essay is at the front of his own copy of the book.

In their dorm room, Cedric and Rob have come to an agreement about who decides what music to play in ..........

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Tensions between Cedric and Rob develop as they negotiate their living conditions. Cedric's upbringing contrasts sharply to the more permissive and socially adept choices made by Rob. However, Cedric quickly befriends Zayd, who is comfortable discussing racial matters and is not judgmental about Cedric's opinions. Zayd's unique background is........

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