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Comparison Of There By Tommy Orange
There There by Tommy Orange The characters (Orvil, Edwin, and Blue) who make up the Novel by Tommy Orange are very different, but they all have one thing in common: they try to figure out who they are within this community and outside of it.

Opal believes that “learning about your heritage is a privilege”. Orivil did some research on his culture and learned a lot from it. After finding out about his culture, he looked for a traditional outfit that Opal had in her closet and put it on. Orivl found spider legs on her leg, he is not aware that when Opal was young she also had a bump on her leg filled with spider legs. The spider legs show that Orvil has already accepted his culture for what it is, and he can say he’s Native without feeling guilty.

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