We have read CITR through Chapter 12. Knowing the themes with which we are dealing in this novel, please select two meaningful quotes that directly apply to a subject or theme from the list below. Pick the quotation--from any chapters we have read up to this point--according to the numbered subject/theme from the list below. In your entry, per quote, write the number from the numbered theme; then, write out the quotation with page number citation.
1. Isolation
2. Struggling with/development of maturity/immaturity
3. Self-destructive comments
4. Nostalgia
5. Innocence vs. Corruption
6. Struggling with age
7. Judgment of others
8. Love
2 quotes per person, please.
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1) "You couldn't read anything with a guy like Ackley around". (21)
ReplyDelete2) "do you happen to know where they go,the ducks," (60)
GJW
6) "The one ugly one, Laverne, kept kidding me because i was only drinking cokes"(74).
ReplyDelete3) "say no or I'll drop dead"(48).
JM
6) " I'm twelve, for Chrissake. I'm big for my age" (72).
ReplyDelete2) " Then I started really chucking the old crap around" (56).
RR
6) "Do I look like I'm under twenty-one?" (69)
ReplyDelete7) "The whole three of them were pretty ugly..." (69).
"I'm so absent-minded," (60).
ReplyDelete-Self-destructive Comment
"They didn't invite me to sit down at their table- mostly because they were too ignorant-" (73)
-Judgment of others
2) "Then I just started reading this timetable I had in my pocket." Just to stop lying." "Once I get started I can go on for hours if I feel like it." (58)
ReplyDelete8) "She was a funny girl, old Jane." "I wouldn't exactly describe her as strictly beautiful." "She knocked me out though."
KM
3) "As a matter of fact, i'm the only dumb one in the family " (67)
ReplyDelete7) "You never saw a little kid so pretty and smart in your whole life. She's had all A's ever since she started school."(67)
"He hardly ever went anywhere. He was a very peculiar guy"(19).
ReplyDelete- judgment of others
"All of the sudden, on my way to the lobby, I got old Jane Gallagher on the brain again. I got her on, and I couldn't get her off"(76).
-Love
BG
8) "You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were," (79).
ReplyDelete7) "One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies... Mr. Haas, that was the phoniest bastard I ever met in my life," (13-14)
3 --"All stupid bastards. Or just bastards." (50)
ReplyDelete2 -- "While he was doing it, I went over to my window and opened it and packed a snowball with my bare hands. The snow was very good for packing. I didn't throw it at anything, though. I started to throw it. At a car that was parked across the street. But i changed my mind. The car looked so nice and white. Then i started to throw it at a hydrant, but that looked too nice and white, too. Finally I didn't throw it at anything. All I did was close the window and walk around the room with the snowball, packing it harder." (36)
Struggling with Age: "I gave him this very cold stare, like he'd insulted the hell out of me, and asked him, Do I look like I'm under twentyone? I'm sorry sir, but we have our-okay, okay, I said. I figured the hell with it. Bring me a Coke (69)
ReplyDeleteSelf-Destructive: "All I did was, I got up and went over and looked out the window. I felt so lonesome all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead" (48)
Good stuff, people!
ReplyDelete"I kept wishing I could go home and shoot the bull with old Phoebe." (81) ~Nostalgia
ReplyDelete"'How marvelous to see you!' old Lillian Simmons said. Strictly a phony." (86) ~Judgment of Others
JS
in the quote "i got pretty soaking wet, especially my neck and my pants. My hunting hat really gave me quite a lot of protection in a way, but i got soaked anyways. I didn't care, thought (275 renewed edition)." how does the symbol of the hunting hat take on a bigger role in concluding the novel?
ReplyDeleteHolden starts to worry if Phoebe will show up when he is waiting at the museum, and starts to think about if the school's secretary had not given the note to Phoebe or if she had intentionally burned the note. what does this tell about his personality, and why is this relevant throughout the book?