What best describes the point Madison is making when he states that "Liberty is to faction what air is to fire"?

the quote is an insult because you don't say clumsy living that moves

my guy how are we supposed to know

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.