Quote 7
"Who're you tricking?" I said. "That's no house. That's a garage."
He looked at the place, looked at me. "No, I'm not tricking you. We live there." (2.22-2.23)
We think it's deeply uncool when Crash tries to make Penn feel ashamed of his family's finances. But not to worry: Penn doesn't care what anyone thinks. He's cool like that.
Quote 8
"So where's the rest?"
[…] "The rest of what?"
"Your toys."
He pointed to the wagon. "There it is."
"I mean the rest." I looked under his bed. I nosed into the closet. "Dump trucks. Fire engines. Cars. Cranes. Steam shovels. Batman. Spider-Man." (5.23-5.27)
Penn has one toy. One. Single. Toy. Crash has approximately all the toys. Who do you think appreciates his stuff more?
Quote 9
"So," I said, "are you poor?"
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"No," said the father, "we're not poor at all. In fact, I would say in a lot of ways we're rich." (6.40-6.44)
Nice speech, Mr. Webb. What is his message about material things here? And in what ways is the Webb family rich?