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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"My brother Allie had this left handed fielder's mitt. He was left-handed. The thing that was descriptive about it, though, was that he had poems written all over the finders and the pocket, and everywhere" Nostalgia
ReplyDeleteThe Phoebe description on pages 67-68. Judgement of others.
Nostalgia- pg 66-68 when he describes Phoebe
ReplyDeleteJudgement of others- "That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a goddamn toilet seat." pg 55
judgement of others- " I thought the two ugly ones, Marty and Laverne, were sisters" (96).
ReplyDeleteLove- "I'm probably the biggest sex maniac you ever saw" (81).
"I was trying to feel some kind of a good bye. I don't care if it's a sad good bye or a bad good bye, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it. If you don't, you feel even worse." (4)-nostalgia
ReplyDelete"Sleep tight, ya morons!" (52)-self-destructive comments
"I ordered a scotch and soda, and told him not to mix it- i said it fast as hell, because if you hem and haw, they think you're under twenty-one and wont sell you any intoxicating liquor. I had trouble with them anyway, though. "I'm sorry, sir," he said "but do you have some verification of your age? Your drivers license perhaps?" (69)-struggling with age
ReplyDelete"All of a sudden, on my way out to the lobby, I got old Jane Gallagher on the brain again. I got her on, and I couldnt get her off." (76)- Love
2. "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)
ReplyDelete3. "All stupid bastards. Or just bastards." (50)
3. "I didn't answer him. 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).
ReplyDelete7. "One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies. That's all. They were coming in the goddam window. For instance, they had this headmaster, Mr. Haas, that was the phoniest bastard I ever met in my life" (13-14).
H.L.
6. Struggling with age.
ReplyDelete"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 twenty-one?" "I'm sorry sir, but we have our-" "Okay, okay," I said. I figured the hell with it. "Bring me a Coke" (69).
2. Struggling with maturity.
"Sex is something I just don't understand. I swear to God I don't" (63).
1.Isolation-"Thats a deer shooting hat." "Like hell it is." I took it off and looked at it. I sort of closed one eye, like I was taking aim at it. "This is a people shooting hat," I said. "I shoot people in this hat." pg.22
ReplyDelete7.Judgement-"You have a damn good sense of humor, Ackley kid,". I told him. pg.23
5.
ReplyDelete"Did you ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row?"pg.42
6.
"would you care for a cocktail?"pg.57
2
ReplyDelete"It looked pretty as hell, and we all started throwing snowballs and horsing around all over the place. It was very childish, but everyone was really enjoying themselves" (35).
7
"He was one of these very, very tall, round-shouldered guys-he was about six four-with lousy teeth" (19).
C.J.
"'You know those ducks in that lagoon right near Central Park South? That little lake? By any chance, do you happen to know where they go, the ducks, when it gets all frozen over?'" pg. 63- Struggling with Immaturity/Maturity
ReplyDelete"I saw one guy, a gray-haired, very distinguished-looking guy with only his shorts on, do something you wouldn't even believe me if I told you. First, he put the suitcase on his bed. Then he took out all these women's clothes, and put them on." pg. 60- Innocence vs Corruption
isolation/love- "only seniors were allowed to bring girls with them. It was a terrible school, no matter how you looked at it."(pg 3)
ReplyDeletejudgment of others- "Now hes out in Hollywood, D.B.being a prostitute. If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies. Don't even mention them to me."
RH (pg2)
Isolation: "What I really felt like, though, was committing suicide."(104)
ReplyDeleteInnocence Vs Corruption: "I was starting to feel pretty sexy and all, but i was a little nervous anyway. If you want to know the truth, Im a virgin. I really am."(92).