The 57 Bus
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Monday, November 4, 2013 Oakland, California Part 1: Tumbling Part 1: Pronouns Part 1: 1001 Blank White Cards Part 1: Luke and Samantha Part 1: Gran Turismo 2 Part 1: How Do You Know What Gender You Are? Part 1: Genderqueer Part 1: Gender, Sex, Sexuality, Romance: Some Terms Part 1: Sasha’s Terms Part 1: Becoming Sasha Part 1: Bathrooms Part 1: Bathrooms Revisited Part 1: Skirts Part 1: Running Part 1: The Petition Part 1: Clipboards Part 1: Best Day Ever Part 1: Dress Code Part 1: Sasha and Nemo Part 2: Book of Faces Part 2: First Day Part 2: An Old Friend Part 2: Oakland High School Part 2: Miss Kaprice Part 2: The Princess of East Oakland Part 2: The Best Mother Ever Part 2: Hopes and Prayers Part 2: Where He Left Off 2.10 Part 2: Fighting Part 2: Arrested Part 2: Now It’s a Good Day Part 2: If Part 2: Murder Part 2: Working Part 2: Stripped Part 2: Trust Issues Part 2: Resolve  Part 3: Monday, November 4, 2013 Part 3: The 57 Bus Part 3: 4:52 P.M. Part 3: Fire Part 3: Watching Part 3: The Man with the Mustache Part 3: Phone Call Part 3: The Rim Fire’s Revenge Part 3: The Ten O’clock News Part 3: Locked Out Part 3: Maybeck Part 3: Shyam Part 3: I Knew My Baby Part 3: The Interview, Part 1 Part 3: Miranda Warning Part 3: The Interview, Part 2 Part 3: The Interview, Part 3 Part 3: A Man in a Kilt Part 3: This Is Real Part 3: Booked In Part 3: Surgery Part 3: Still Kinda Dying Part 3: Charges Part 3: Direct Files Part 3: Court Date Part 3: Reeling Part 3: The Desk Part 3: Under the Influence of Adolescence Part 3: Life at Bothin Part 3: Not Visiting Part 3: The First Letter Part 3: Into the Briefcase Part 3: Skirts for Sasha Part 3: The Second Letter Part 3: Let’s All Take Care of Each Other Part 3: Homophobic Part 3: What They Sent Part 3: No H8 Part 3: Y’All Don’t Know Part 3: The Circle Part 3: Skinned Part 3: God Is Good Part 3: Does It Have to Be Me? Part 3: Back at Maybeck Part 3: Worst Days Ever Part 3: Reunion Part 4: Binary Part 4: Cruel and Unusual? Part 4: Back at Juvie Part 4: What If? Part 4: Not Ready Part 4: What to Say Part 4: Always Okay Part 4: We the People Part 4: Pretty Part 4: Dancing Part 4: Ripples Part 4: Ass Smacking Part 4: Restorative Justice Part 4: Not Wanting To Part 4: The People vs. Richard Part 4: Tired Part 4: Department 11 Part 4: Maybe Part 4: Suitcase Part 4: A Prayer Part 4: Bargaining Part 4: The Deal Part 4: The Fine Print Part 4: A Structured Environment Part 4: Look Where His People Went Part 4: Victim-Impact Statement Part 4: Nerd Fraternity Part 4: How It Ended Up Part 4: Mail Delivery Part 4: Chad Part 4: Opportunity Part 4: Then and Now Part 4: Risky Thinking Part 4: Progress Report Part 4: A Level of Maturity Part 4: Andrew and the Binary Part 4: Birthdays Part 4: 1001 No-Longer-Blank White Cards Part 4: Some Gender-Neutrality Milestones Part 4: US Juvenile Incarceration
Themes
All Themes Gender and Sexuality Adolescent Crime vs. Adult Crime Binary Thought and Inclusive Language Discrimination and Social Justice Accountability, Redemption, and Forgiveness
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Characters
All Characters Sasha Richard Debbie Karl Jasmine Kaprice Wilson Andrew / Samantha Nemo Jamal Bill Du Bois The Man with a Mustache / Dan Gale Jeff TC Pancha Nancy O’Malley Sujatha Baliga Healy Cherie Lil’ Jerry
Terms
All Terms Agender Aromantic Asexual Cisgender Cupiosexual Genderqueer Gender fluid Gray sexual Transgender Quiromantic
Symbols
All Symbols Sasha’s Skirt 1001 Blank White Cards
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The 57 Bus

by

Dashka Slater

The 57 Bus: Part 4: Suitcase Summary & Analysis

Gender and Sexuality Theme Icon
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Gender and Sexuality
Adolescent Crime vs. Adult Crime Theme Icon
Adolescent Crime vs. Adult Crime
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Binary Thought and Inclusive Language
Discrimination and Social Justice Theme Icon
Discrimination and Social Justice
Accountability, Redemption, and Forgiveness Theme Icon
Accountability, Redemption, and Forgiveness
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Sasha packs for college. They pack their skirts, and favorite hats and shirts, and they even pack a bunch of subway maps and some shower shoes. Sasha brings along their favorite books, including Orlando by Virginia Woolf, and their special compression stockings. Sasha also packs a “string of paper cranes” made by Oakland High School students.
Virginia Woolf’s Orlando is a novel about a male poet who changes his gender and lives the rest of their life as a woman. Of course, this mirrors Sasha’s own gender identity and underscores Slater’s principal argument of the existence and recognition of trans and nonbinary gender individuals.
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