Comments by Delilah Delilah Malave Most recent public comments by Delilah Delilah Malave https://nowcomment.com/users/100483 I think during this Tish is given hope by feeling the baby's kick, she describes it as an transformation and that the baby claims her https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2483042 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2483042 Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:55:33 -0400 You can tell the way Fonny loves Tish by the way he confesses his love to her dad. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478941 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478941 Thu, 27 May 2021 13:55:55 -0400 Sharon is trying to confront and encourage Tish to stay strong. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478939 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478939 Thu, 27 May 2021 13:46:10 -0400 Fonny is having trouble and seemed a little aggravated but his frustration is not to Tish. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478937 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478937 Thu, 27 May 2021 13:43:36 -0400 Fonny and Daniel seemed to be close. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478936 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478936 Thu, 27 May 2021 13:40:45 -0400 Their trying to support and defend Fonny. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478935 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478935 Thu, 27 May 2021 13:39:31 -0400 Tish's mom wants to fight and not give up so she trying to give words of encouragements. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478934 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478934 Thu, 27 May 2021 13:37:12 -0400 Fonny really wants to marry Tish but her father seems against it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478933 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478933 Thu, 27 May 2021 13:34:16 -0400 Fonny may have thought that Tish was gonna leave him cause he was away for so long. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478932 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478932 Thu, 27 May 2021 13:30:56 -0400 Fonny really is a good person, we can see this cause the way he protects Tish. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478931 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2478931 Thu, 27 May 2021 13:26:15 -0400 Frank had enough of her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2477020 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2477020 Tue, 25 May 2021 18:21:00 -0400 Frank really cares about Fonny, and is probably mad at god for putting Fonny in this situation. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2477004 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2477004 Tue, 25 May 2021 18:09:46 -0400 it seems like Mrs.Hunt doesn't like Fonny by the way her attitude is and the way she is speaking. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2477003 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2477003 Tue, 25 May 2021 18:06:58 -0400 Tish feels more reassured and stress-free now that shes not walking the street alone. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2477001 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2477001 Tue, 25 May 2021 17:57:06 -0400 Fonny is very protective over Tish, you can see this when they walked past the cops. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476996 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476996 Tue, 25 May 2021 17:46:42 -0400 Fonny loved Tish for her, not her body, and Tish loved him so much she didn't even notice any other boys. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476980 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476980 Tue, 25 May 2021 17:42:09 -0400 Tish's family is really supportive of her relationship and pregnancy, i can tell just by how she described her fathers happiness and the way they are celebrating. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476974 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476974 Tue, 25 May 2021 17:32:18 -0400 Joe is really aggressive the way he talks to them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476971 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476971 Tue, 25 May 2021 17:24:10 -0400 Tish's dad has different ways he expresses his love for his children, that sometimes it may seem he loves one child more then the other. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476969 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476969 Tue, 25 May 2021 17:22:21 -0400 Tish definitely loves and with stay by Fonny's side, you can tell cause the way see defends him in situation. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476967 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476967 Tue, 25 May 2021 17:20:03 -0400 There's definitely different relationship dynamics between father and son to father to daughter just like with mothers. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476966 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476966 Tue, 25 May 2021 17:14:42 -0400 Tish seemed anxious about what her dad was gonna say and it seems that he was trying to find the words to say to her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476965 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476965 Tue, 25 May 2021 17:10:35 -0400 its seems like Tish had a precognition, Tish kinds had a feeling before it happen which i can agree on. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476964 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476964 Tue, 25 May 2021 17:07:29 -0400 It seems that Tish's mom maybe celebrating something or she may announce that Tish is pregnant. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476961 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2476961 Tue, 25 May 2021 17:01:35 -0400 Tish immediately launches into an explanation of how much Fonny and she love each other. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2302316 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2302316 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:55:38 -0500 Tish stares at a wooden sculpture Fonny made two years ago. She states he made it at his old vocational school. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302299 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302299 the school Fonny attend about harmful narratives that have made their way into society about young African Americans. They take hope away from children force them to see themselves as unintelligent Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:28:37 -0500 She reminds Tish that white people have been making it difficult for black people to live their lives since black people first were brought to America as slaves. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302297 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302297 The white man is responsible for the fact that Fonny and Tish aren’t married right now, since they would be if he wasn’t in jail Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:23:51 -0500 Without even having to be told her mom knows what’s going on with Tish she immediately soothes her https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302295 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302295 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:20:59 -0500 She knows her mother wont be upset by the news nor will her sister. However, she isn’t sure what her father. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302294 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302294 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:19:51 -0500 Tish's own family isn’t particularly religious, but goes to church with Fonny and Mrs. Hunt. Tish notuces that Mrs. Hunt performative and even seeming to compete with another woman https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302290 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302290 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:14:44 -0500 Frank and Mrs. Hunt do not have that much of a good relationship. Mrs. Hunt seems to subject him to the same kind of critical judgment that she also forces upon Fonny. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302289 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302289 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:11:58 -0500 Fonny and Tish become close after their fight. Fonny dislikes his sisters meawhile, Tish has no brother “And so we got to be, for each other, what the other missed,” https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302286 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302286 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:08:41 -0500 Frank is a kind man who has a connection with Tish. Frank kindly greets made small talk, but she cant bring herself to ask about Fonny. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302280 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302280 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:04:59 -0500 the same way that Tish and Fonny manage to fall in love despite their turbulent history, it seems their connection will easily triumph over the hardships of Fonny in prison https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302263 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302263 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:01:21 -0500 Although this is only the story of Fonny and Tish’s first true interaction and has very little to do with their adult relationship,their connection begins with animosity. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302262 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302262 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:59:53 -0500 This moment has to do with the fact that she and Fonny are at a disadvantage in American society. “I can’t say to anybody in this bus, Look, Fonny is in trouble, he’s in jail,” https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302261 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302261 honestly, it wouldn’t matter if a stranger wanted to help her in the first place since nobody could truly do something to improve her and Fonny’s situation. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:57:59 -0500 Despite the fact that she’s proud of Fonny, she worries if the pressure of Fonny’s imprisonment might someday become too much to bear. “Nobody can take the shit they throw on us forever,” https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302256 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302256 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:50:55 -0500 She also talks about how a prisoner’s loved ones should be “ashamed” of them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302254 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302254 Tish shows legal system is very manipulative and prejudiced Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:48:03 -0500 She talks about how the legal system is inherently exploitative since rich white lawyers and bondsmen profit off of the misfortune of young black men https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302253 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302253 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:44:33 -0500 Tish’s pregnancy makes Fonny more aware of his prison stay, she's lending Fonny a sense of hope. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302252 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302252 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:42:03 -0500 the sense of urgency surrounding Tish’s pregnancy and Fonny’s freedom is overwhelming, idea of having a child also gives hope https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302251 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302251 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:38:32 -0500 Because Fonny is in jail and Tish is so young, it’s unsurprising that he immediately begins to worry about her pregnancy. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302248 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302248 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:36:45 -0500 ''I love his eyes and every time I see him I’m afraid I’ll never see him again.'' https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302247 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2302247 Tish struggles to connect with Fonny “through glass” but nevertheless manages to focus on his eyes. 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