Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Chapter 17

What is a fishbelly and why was it written on the Beale's house?

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  1. Fishbelly is an insulting name and it was written on the Beales' house because people wanted Maniac to leave the East side.

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  2. Fshbelly is probably a name you don't wanna call someone and, hey! The clock is running to slow!

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  3. Fishbelly was the name Mars Bar called Jeffrey, and other people that he didn't like. When he wrote "Fishbelly" on the Beale's house, it was a rude way of saying that he wanted Jeffrey to leave.

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  4. i think fishbelly means a person being white

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  5. its probably an insult african americans use on whites

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  7. i don't know what fishbelly means, but I think it's not a nice word to say to someone, and it was written on the Beales, because people wanted Maniac to get out of East End.

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  8. fishbelly is what mars bar calls maniac.

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  9. Well, it wasn't in the dictionary ( under fish ), so I'm assuming it's an unoffical curse or rude comment towards one; I'm also guessing it has something to do with racism

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  10. i agree with tj. if u think about it arent most fish bellies white? maybe thats where fishbelly came from

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