The first pair I'm going to contrast is Lupe and Gloria. Lupe is very similar to Gloria, but they have their contrasts. She feels unloved by her family and wants someone she can love and who will love her in return, and for that exact reason she is envious of Gloria and her baby, as having a baby may (in her mind) fix her feelings of unlovedness. Gloria is on the other side of that; she had a baby, and that did not fix the similar problem Gloria had. I mean, she loves the baby, but it did not fix the underlying issues. In a sense, Lupe is like Gloria from the past: about to make decisions that will make her end up with a baby (possibly).
The next pair I'm going to contrast is Devon and Diondra, who are, once again, very similar to each other. They're both tall people who are continually pressured about sports due to being tall; however, they each prefer different things to sports, and confront the pressurers in different ways via their poems. Diondra prefers art, and stands up to her accusers by literally accosting them with her poem;by contrast, Devon prefers literature and poetry, and, as more of a scholar is less like "Would you mess with me now? and more like "Look at the real me." They really defy stereotypes, which makes for an interesting read.
I would ramble on about contrasts for a while, but I need to wrap this up. Have a lovely short week, everyone!
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