Louisa: I love this book we’re reading in English Lit. It’s about a slave who wants to rebel against her master, but the other slaves say ‘It’s a sin to rebel. These few years of suffering will be rewarded in Heaven’, so she never does.
Jack: Sounds preachy
Louisa: Are you even listening? It’s an anti-religious book.
Jack: Then why d’you like it?
Louisa: Cos I’m not deluded. I know people have used God to justify all sorts of nasty shit.
Jack: Your class discussions must be a hoot
Louisa: Not really. Miss Daniels won't let me contribute anymore.
Jack: How come?
Louisa: She didn't like the way I kept drawing comparisons between the slaves and the students
Jack: Like what?
Louisa: Well, we both have to do a load of work we aren’t paid for. And if our masters decide we aren’t working hard enough, we get punished. So I said, what’s the difference? Why shouldn’t we rebel like the slaves?
Jack: What did Daniels say to that?
Louisa: She said these few years of suffering will be rewarded with a good job
