Bugs Everywhere

Something that really interested me in the reading for yesterday was the recurring appearance of insects. First, on page 26, Anna talks about woodlice in reference to impoverished people. She describes how they swarm, but more interestingly she says their faces are the color of woodlice. From my experiences with lice in general, they are white. Thus, Anna seems to be saying that poor white people are similar to woodlice.
I'd like to next call your attention to a passage on 54, where Anna again talks of woodlice. This time, she's simply naming off colors and the white of people's faces is the same color as those of woodlice. Here, I think w can extend Anna's view of people and see that she means all whites are woodlice.
Anna talks about insects two other places that I've noticed. On 34, she tells readers that two people making out are like beetles, clinging to the railing. I get the impression that Anna feels all people are insects from this passage. My other theory is that people can be transformed into insects based off certain states: that is, poverty or being in love.

Finally, the most interesting bug passage that I found is on page 31. I think I ties the whole idea of people being insects together. In this passage, Anna is reminiscing over a time she was sick and Francine was taking care of her. While laying in bed with a fever, Anna notices a cockroach. A lot of attention is given to this pest, and then Francine comes in, sees the roach, and kills it.

Knowing that Anna wants to be black and abhors her whiteness, I feel that these passages serve together to show readers that the blacks have the power and will rise up to kill the white people, who are as low as insects. I'll be interested to see if any black person kills any white person throughout the story.