Crispin: Cross of Lead Identity Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter. Paragraph)

Quote #7

No, I had to remind myself. Not because of me, or anything I'd done, but because I was—Lord Furnival's son. The only question was, now that I knew who I was, what should I do? (50.20)

We applaud Crispin's realization that none of the bad things that are happening to him and others are his fault. It's all down to Lord Furnival's general jerkiness. Even so, Crispin faces a problem: Does he have a responsibility to help those he can anyway, even though none of this is his fault?

Quote #8

I kept asking myself if I felt different, if I was different. The answer was yes. I was no longer nothing. I had become two people—Lord Furnival's son… and Crispin. (51.2)

Crispin says he's become two people. How are those two people different? How are they different from the "nobody" he was before?

Quote #9

Just to see him in his exalted state, made me know with finality I was not him. No, not any part. I was myself. What I had become. (55.12)

Crispin sees a painting of Lord Furnival in all his glory and rejects that part of his identity. What has Crispin become, if not the son of his parents?