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Mary Ellen Davenport
Bobby is the white son of the Man who befriends Denver while Denver lives with Aunt Etha and Uncle James. Bobby is the single character completely unfazed by racism and discrimination, boldly approaching Denver one day and asking to be friends. When Bobby realizes that Denver is hungry, he begins saving parts of his own meals to give to Denver, and when Denver is picking extra cotton scraps to buy a new bicycle from the Man, Bobby gives up his own free time to help Denver gather cotton. Although Bobby and Denver part ways when Bobby begins attending school, Bobby’s selfless friendship—despite his privileged status as the Man’s son—serves to complicate the Man as a symbol, demonstrating that even someone associated with the Man can be compassionate and self-sacrificing.
Bobby Quotes in Same Kind of Different as Me
The Same Kind of Different as Me quotes below are all either spoken by Bobby or refer to Bobby. 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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Chapter 7
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Purty soon [Bobby’s] people figured out we was friends, but they didn’t really try to keep us from associatin, ‘specially since I was the only boy on the place right around his age and he needed somebody to play with and keep outta trouble. They detected he was givin me food, so they put a little wood table outside the back door for met to eat on. After a while, once Bobby’d get his food, he’d come right on out and me and him’d sit at that little table and eat together.
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Bobby Quotes in Same Kind of Different as Me
The Same Kind of Different as Me quotes below are all either spoken by Bobby or refer to Bobby. 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:
).
Chapter 7
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Purty soon [Bobby’s] people figured out we was friends, but they didn’t really try to keep us from associatin, ‘specially since I was the only boy on the place right around his age and he needed somebody to play with and keep outta trouble. They detected he was givin me food, so they put a little wood table outside the back door for met to eat on. After a while, once Bobby’d get his food, he’d come right on out and me and him’d sit at that little table and eat together.
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