Jay, Steve and Kevin chose to dress as the Three Little Bears for their costume because they couldn't dress as musketeers due to swords being unsafe and the Three Little Pigs was insensitive after a ham incident. Zana is wearing her hijab to get in touch with her religion and live as a devout Muslim. Kevin and Zana argue about following the crowd versus individualism, with Kevin accusing Zana of only wearing traditional clothing because others do, while Zana points out Kevin is doing the same by matching his costume to his friends. When Kevin calls Zana a racial slur, it reveals his racist character.

1. BIFOCAL
CHAPTER 18
DECEMBER 2019
M. RIDDELL

2. 1. WHY DID JAY, STEVE AND KEVIN DECIDE
ON THE “THREE LITTLE BEARS” COSTUMES?
• THEY COULDN’T USE SWORDS AS THE THREE MUSKETEERS AND THE THREE
LITTLE PIGS WAS INSENSITIVE DUE TO THE HAM INCIDENT IN THE COURTYARD.

3. 2. WHAT REASON DOES ZANA GIVE FOR
WEARING HER HIJAB?
• SHE IS TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HER RELIGION AND LIVE AS A DEVOUT
MUSLIM.

4. 3. WHAT ARE KEVIN AND ZANA ARGUING
ABOUT? PAGE 190
• THEY ARE ARGUING ABOUT FOLLOWING THE CROWD VERSUS INDIVIDUALISM.
• KEVIN THINKS ZANA IS WEARING THE ABAYA JUST BECAUSE OTHERS DO.
• ZANA TELLS KEVIN HE IS DOING THE SAME THING BY WEARING THE SAME
COSTUME AS HIS TWO FRIENDS.

5. 4. WHAT DOES THE READER DISCOVER ABOUT
KEVIN’S CHARACTER WHEN HE CALLS ZANA A
“SAND MONKEY”?
• RACISM - A PERSON WHO SHOWS OR FEELS DISCRIMINATION OR PREJUDICE
AGAINST PEOPLE OF OTHER RACES, OR WHO BELIEVES THAT A PARTICULAR
RACE IS SUPERIOR TO ANOTHER.
• BY USING THE RACIAL SLUR “SAND MONKEY” KEVIN SHOW HIMSELF TO BE A
RACIST.