chicken or bird???

I think a quote that I found significant was the one where the mom talks about the chicken. ”That chicken is just showing God we're thankful for living. It's just a chicken, it's not a bird who flies. A bird who flies is special. You would never trap a bird who flies". I found this quote on page 218. When first read this quote. I thought about how its so similar to ruths life because how she wasnt really free because she was like the chicken she wasn't able to be free. But she's thankful for everything she has in life thought, she had her kids and that's all she needed. She felt she was stuck in life because how her kids were bi racial and she felt she was judged because of that. She also felt that her kids wwere also stuck and not free