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Bella, a Russian immigrant, passes on what she has learned about America to the newly-arrived Marguerite. Bella's Socialist ideals are at odds with the wave of McCarthyism (then) sweeping the country.
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BELLA
You're not going to school — today. Trust Bella. First, a girl's got to learn the American Way. Do you know what that means?
Marguerite shakes her head.
BELLA
America isn't like France. It's a world unto itself, a new world that's all future and no past. And the people... Americans are a bunch of upstarts and outlaws who thumb their noses at tradition
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