Beloved 7

"She had good hands, she said. The whitegirl, she said, had thin little arms but good hands. She saw that right away, she said. Hair enough for five heads and good hands, she said."

In this quote both "good hands" and "she said" are repeated over and over again. The repetition of "she said" kind of shows how into the story Denver is. As if she hangs on every word of the story that her mother had told her. The repetition of the "good hands" emphasizes to you that the girl's hands will be of major importance later in the story and that you should remember the fact that the author is stressing the fact that she has those "good hands."