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Confrontations
by Simone Atangana Bekono
Salomé, a young Cameroonian-Dutch girl, is sentenced to a juvenile detention center after an incident that occurred after school one day. She spends her time getting to know the other girls there and the details of what she did are slowly revealed. Almost stream of consciousness, Salomé is an observant and often times opinionated character.
Her "therapist" Frits is someone she has seen on TV, where he went on a trip to Africa and made racist comments. She, understandably, does not trust or want to talk to him. But the only way she can get out is through.
Salomé is trying to find her place in the world. She interrogates what people think of her and how the circumstances of her life have shaped her. She's very self aware. When her aunt tells her she's special, she disagrees and admits that she prefers to be alone--that books are what make the world feel tolerable to her (74). She spends a lot of time reflecting, but also knows that her time in prison is kind of bullshit. Yes, she committed an act of violence, but only after being bullied and pushed. The boys were hurt, but they weren't punished. She's reckoning with the unfairness of the world.
Her "therapist" Frits is someone she has seen on TV, where he went on a trip to Africa and made racist comments. She, understandably, does not trust or want to talk to him. But the only way she can get out is through.
Salomé is trying to find her place in the world. She interrogates what people think of her and how the circumstances of her life have shaped her. She's very self aware. When her aunt tells her she's special, she disagrees and admits that she prefers to be alone--that books are what make the world feel tolerable to her (74). She spends a lot of time reflecting, but also knows that her time in prison is kind of bullshit. Yes, she committed an act of violence, but only after being bullied and pushed. The boys were hurt, but they weren't punished. She's reckoning with the unfairness of the world.