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Free agents like Sunny are Leopard People who don’t have a parent who’s also a Leopard Person. They’re at a disadvantage in Leopard society, as they often don’t learn they’re Leopard People until they’re young teenagers and struggle to find people to mentor them.
Free Agent Quotes in Akata Witch
The Akata Witch quotes below are all either spoken by Free Agent or refer to Free Agent. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 6
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“Knowledge does not always evolve into wisdom.”
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“So because I’m a Leopard albino, I can—”
“Yes. Certain attributes tend to yield certain talents. […] Abilities are things people are able to do without the use of a juju knife, powders, or other ingredients like the head of an ebett. They just come naturally.”
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Free Agent Term Timeline in Akata Witch
The timeline below shows where the term Free Agent appears in Akata Witch. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
...from Fast Facts for Free Agents explains that home won’t be the same once a free agent learns what they are. A person’s world fractures into even more groups once they learn...
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Chapter 3
...they never hurt people. One earns chittim by gaining knowledge and wisdom. Isong warns the free agent reader that they’ll never get rich.
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...Orlu to put the chittim in Sunny’s purse and explains that Sunny is a rare free agent , since neither of her parents are Leopard People. He asks if Sunny has any...
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Chapter 4
...are dangerous and can do anything, from steal one’s soul to rewrite a person’s future. Free agents should leave masquerades to those who are more qualified to handle juju.
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Chapter 6
Fast Facts for Free Agents defines a free agent as someone who “isn’t privileged with even one pure Leopard spiritline,” as a “result of...
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...very knowledgeable—but she was educated in Europe and America, and so came to think that free agents and African Americans are ignorant and misguided. So she has problematic biases, but the book...
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Chapter 7
...will bring down Lamb economies in seconds. Isong won’t write any more on the subject; free agents should refuse if they’re ever asked to help one of these criminals.
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Chapter 9
...jumps when the shop owner, Mohammed, taps on her shoulder. He confirms that she’s a free agent and asks if she saw anything wiggling in the book. When Sunny says she did,...
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Chapter 10
In the conclusion of Fast Facts for Free Agents, Isong repeats again that a free agent is doomed to die. Free agents should simply stay put and be unambitious—they should learn...
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...starts to cry and begs for mercy. Softly, the woman confirms that Sunny is a free agent . She warns Sunny that the council always knows when people break rules. Next time,...
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Chapter 13
...man smiles and offers her a handkerchief. Trying to explain herself, Sunny says she’s a free agent . The man exudes calmness as Sunny says she only learned she was a Leopard...
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