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Little Bee--Chapter Two--Four

Sarah and Andrew O'Rourke introduced.  Little Bee and her friend's situation explained. One of the four girls did "favors" for one of the guards, so he got all four girls on the release list.  The welfare case workers aren't there because they know nothing of the release.

The girls find a place to stay with farmer who lets them sleep in a dormitory for seasonal workers for a week.  One girl commits suicide (hanging). Little Bee finds the Thames and then walks to the O'Rourke's house.  Mystery of events on Nigerian beach . . . Little Bee has O'Rourke's driving license. . .

While she is on her way, O'Rourke also commits suicide.

Sarah O'Rourke and her son (fixated on Batman), take Little Bee in.  Sarah describes events on the beach. . . Her husband is directed to cut off his middle finger to save LB.  He refuses, so Sarah cuts off her finger . . . her respect for Andrew is gone . . . They flee Nigeria never expecting to see Little Bee again because they assume she has been murdered (There is an oil war going on in Nigeria, and Little Bee has witnessed an atrocity.)

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High points:  Little Bee describes seeing "Top Gun" in Nigeria as a silent . . . Man in a hurry . . . Woman who stays in bed

Refugee: "When I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge."

Little Bee, wherever she is, looks for a way to quickly kill herself to avoid torture . .  .

Ayres and Albert (farmers) think the girls are daydreaming (empty headed) when in fact they are remembering horrors of Nigeria . . .

Yevette, Jamaican woman, strong character
Sari girl
Girl with no name (suicide)

Sarah O'Rourke feels little (no) grief over death of husband . . .

"I come from a family whose problems were always small and surmountable."
  contrast of third world/first world problems

"One of you in a marriage has to be soft. One of you has to know how to say, Have it your way."

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