Pubic Hair

What Aspeth thinks is pubic hair in the bathroom sink is symbolic of the racism at Ault in Chapter 1. When Lee sees Little, the only black girl in their dorm, combing her hair over the sink she realizes the hair is not pubic hair. It is from Little’s head. Blonde Aspeth cannot imagine that the course black hair in the sink is anything other than pubic hair.

Flowered Bedspread

These flowered bedspreads are symbolic of the rich girls at Ault. In Chapter 1, Little is able to recognize that Lee is on scholarship because she does not have a bedspread with flowers on it. After Little points out the coincidence to her, Lee begins to notice that all of the popular girls do have flowered bedspreads. Lee asks for a bedspread like the rich girls. She believes it will camouflage the fact she is attending...