Julian Enoch Quotes

This quote makes it evident that Julian’s mother has not moved on from the past and the past continues to impact her judgment of people in the present. Identical to Enoch, who could not let go of his past and create new relationships with people, she cannot move on and accept the people in her society. The quote further proves that the past is very important for her through her constant rejections of Julian’s new ideas. The past has clear impact on her present life as she behaves as if she were still in the past where she was superior to African-Americans. Similar to Enoch, she is visually and verbally awkward and rude to people of a different race due to her inability to move