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Summary

• Sara's life is devoted to dance
• she wants to get in New York
• famous school-the Julliard School.
• But after she loses her mother,
• her hopes are dashed and she
• buries her dreams. Sara moves to
• live with her father and changes
• to a different life. The new school
• she is in that she is the only white
• girl. She met Derek who loves to
• dance , he also taught her hip-hop
• and helped her accomplished her
• dream.

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Cast

• Sara Johnson by Julia Stiles
• she is a white girl who wants to
• be ballerina , but her dreams are
• cut short by the sudden death of
• her mother. Sara blames herself
• for the accident, and at her new,
• mostly African American high
• school in Chicago, she's uncertain
• of her future

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• Derek Reynolds by Sean Patrick Thomas
• He is a popular black student
• with a passion for hip-hop and a
• future brighter than his troubled
• past .Just like Sara, he also loves
• to dance, especially hip-hop. He
• taught Sara to dance. They
• combine hip-hop and ballet to a
• new style.

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• Roy Johnson by Terry Kinney
• Saras once-estranged father.
• He is doing his best to correct
• past mistakes. He loves Sara very much..

• Chenille Reynolds by Kerry Washington
• Dereks sister. She is a single
• mom struggling with her child's
• absentee father. The best friend
• of Sara.

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Quotes Expressions

• Sara Asshole.
• Chenille Who? Cuz in this crowd youre gonna
• have to be a bit more specific.
• Sara That guy, sitting over there in the blue
• sweater.
• Chenille Derek Reynolds?
• Sara Oh, so you know him?
• Chenille Hell ya, I know him, he's my brother.
• Sara Well...he's not an asshole persay.
• Chenille It's aiight, don't sweat it.
• asshole- someone being arrogant, rude, obnoxious,
  or just a
• total jerk.
• persay- also known as per se. a phrase that
  allows some
• flexibility in the topic at hand, so
  you can talk about
• something without being very
  specific
• aiight- alright.
• sweat- to worry about.

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• Sara Well goodnight, thanks.
• Derek Is that a thanks like, I'd love to do
• it again or thanks like if you walk
• me home again Ill bust a cap on
• your ass.
• bust a cap- to fire a gun.
• Nikki It ain't over bitch.
• Sara I don't know why it started, bitch.
• Nikki It started because of you, WHITE girls
• like you, creepin up, takin our men, the
  
• whole world ain't enough, you gotta
• conquer ours too.
• Sara Whatever, Nikki, Derek and I like each
• other, and if you have a problem with
• that, screw you.

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• Malakai You'll never look as good as she does
  wit
• him. Theyre oil. Youre a milk.
  Ain't no
• point in tryin to mix.
• Chenille Black people Sara, Black women. Derek
  is
• about somethin, he's smart he's
  motivated
• he's for real. He's not just gonna
  go make
• some babies and not take care of
  them or
• run the streets messin up his life.
  He's
• gonna make somethin of himself and
  here
• you come white so you gotta be
  right and
• you take one of the few decent men
  we
• have left after jail, drugs, and
  drive-by.
• That is what Nikki meant about you
  up in
• our world.
• messin up- to confuse, to harm.
• drive-by- a shooting performed by a gang-member
  in a slowly
• moving motor vehicle that then
  speeds away from the

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Discussion

• As a white girl in predominately black
  neighborhood , how can Sara conquer the tough
  situation, and then balance love with friendship?
• Sometimes we have to face our trauma, take it and
  hand with it. Sara once have a dream of being a
  world-class ballerina, but gave up of it because
  of her mothers tragic death.If you are Sara,
  what will you do ?
• Do you have a dream ? Have you ever abandoned
  your original dream for some resistless reason ?
• If you have a dream,
• go for it.

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The End

• Thank you for your attention!