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91. The Roots
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in With the Fire on High, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Coming of Age and Teen Parenthood
Creativity vs. Professional Norms
Food and Connection
Caregiving, Independence, and Identity
Support, Community, and Mentorship
Summary
Analysis
In an email to Aunt Sarah, Emoni thanks her for the cobbler recipe—Emoni tweaked it a bit and served it at the restaurant this afternoon. She explains that Babygirl has been throwing tantrums, but hopefully Babygirl will settle into a routine once she goes to Tyrone’s tomorrow. Emoni describes some of the amazing food she’s had in Spain and promises to send along a cookie recipe once she perfects it. She also attaches a picture that Chef Amadí took of her working earlier.
Aunt Sarah and Emoni continue to connect through sharing recipes, highlighting food’s connective power once again. As Emoni suggests that Babygirl might settle once she’s at Tyrone’s tomorrow, it implies that she’s beginning to see Tyrone and his family in a new light. They’re not interlopers—they are, for better and for worse, Babygirl’s family members whom Babygirl loves and trusts.
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