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Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Study Guide

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by Virginia Hamilton
About 14 pages (4,068 words)
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Themes and Characters

Tree is the focus of the story, and the themes of family unity and the influence of past heritage are interwoven into the development of her character and the plot that evolves around her.

Tree loves Dab and willingly cares for him. She realizes that when he spends too much time alone, he becomes less and less capable of performing even the most simple tasks. She vows "to play with him and pay attention to him every day." She realizes that he will regress if left too much to himself, and that she must always be thinking about him, watching out for him. Dab is handsome and gentle and regularly brings girls to the apartment, but Tree never tells her mother. When Tree overhears Dab talking to a girl outside their building, she becomes furious.....

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Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

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