# Plum Bun — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Plum Bun by Jessie Redmon Fauset.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph presents a nursery rhyme about going to market to buy a plum bun and returning home, which serves as a thematic prelude to the novel's exploration of markets—both literal and social—and the transactions of i
- [Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/plum-bun.md): The opening chapter introduces the Murray family living on Opal Street, focusing on the dynamics between sisters Angela and Virginia and their mother Mattie, who passes for white to gain social advantages. Angela observe
- [Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/home.md): The chapter explores the concept of home through the Murray family's life on Opal Street, highlighting the tension between their comfortable domestic life and the racial realities that shape their existence. Mattie's Sat
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter introduces Angela Murray, a light-skinned Black girl who believes that whiteness is the key to joy and freedom, a lesson she learns from observing her mother Mattie's Saturday excursions 'passing' as white in
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/ii.md): The chapter contrasts the sisters' preferences for Saturdays (Angela) and Sundays (Virginia). It details Virginia's deep love for the Sunday ritual—preparing breakfast, playing hymns, attending church—and her sense of fa

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- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Market](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/market.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Plum Bun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/plum-bun.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Home Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/home-again.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Market Is Done](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/market-is-done.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plum_bun_se/chapters/iii.md)

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