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Recitatif Irony

Dramatic Irony: Friendship

Twyla explains that in the beginning, she did not believe that she could be friends with Roberta. The reason behind this is that Roberta is a girl of a different race, and Twyla was told that people from that race are inferior. Ironically, however, Twyla and Roberta become good friends in the end, despite what they were taught in their youth.

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