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Rivkah is a Jewish girl whom Amir had a crush on in sixth grade. Amir’s mother was a conservative Muslim woman with antisemitic views, so when she found about Rivkah, she spat on Amir. The next day at school, Amir spat on Rivkah. When he tells this story to Emily and Abe, he seems deeply ashamed and says that he was right to renounce his Muslim faith.
Rivkah Quotes in Disgraced
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So Rivkah and I’d gotten to the point where we were trading notes. And one day, my mother found one of the notes. Of course it was signed, Rivkah. Rivkah? my mom says. That's a Jewish name […] So I tell my mom, No, she’s not Jewish. But she knew the name was Jewish. If I ever hear that name in this house again, Amir, she said, I’ll break your bones. You will end up with a Jew over my dead body. Then she spat in my face […] Next day? Rivkah comes up to me in the hall with a note. Hi, Amir, she says. Eyes sparkling. I look at her and say, You’ve got the name of a Jew. She smiles. Yes, I’m Jewish, she says […] Then I spit in her face.
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Rivkah Quotes in Disgraced
The Disgraced quotes below are all either spoken by Rivkah or refer to Rivkah . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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So Rivkah and I’d gotten to the point where we were trading notes. And one day, my mother found one of the notes. Of course it was signed, Rivkah. Rivkah? my mom says. That's a Jewish name […] So I tell my mom, No, she’s not Jewish. But she knew the name was Jewish. If I ever hear that name in this house again, Amir, she said, I’ll break your bones. You will end up with a Jew over my dead body. Then she spat in my face […] Next day? Rivkah comes up to me in the hall with a note. Hi, Amir, she says. Eyes sparkling. I look at her and say, You’ve got the name of a Jew. She smiles. Yes, I’m Jewish, she says […] Then I spit in her face.
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