How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"But then I found out that they don't even own that house. They're all poor because her dad's got a retarded brother that they're, you know, paying for."
Garrett gives me a real chumpy grin and says, "A retard? Well, that explains a lot, doesn't it?"
I couldn't believe my ears. "What?"
"You know," he says, still grinning, "about Juli."
My heart started pounding and my hands clenched up. And for the first time since I'd learned to dive away from trouble, I wanted to deck somebody. (9.117-121)
Garrett is expressing some super prejudiced ideas here, and Bryce is surprised to hear such things from his good bud. And so are we. Do Garrett's comments remind you of anyone else in the book? Yep, we're thinking of Mr. Loski, too. Both Garrett and Mr. Loski think it's funny to make jokes about Juli and her family because she has a disabled uncle. And in both situations, Bryce is super horrified to hear his dad and his chum say such mean things.
Quote #8
After school Garrett asked me to come to his house and hang for a while, but I had zero interest in that. I still wanted to slug him.
I tried to talk myself down from feeling that way, but in my gut I was flaming mad at the guy. He'd crossed the line, man. He'd crossed it big-time.
And what made the whole thing so stinking hard to ignore was the fact that standing right next to him, on the other side of the line, was my father. (9.124-126)
Garrett has said some cruel things about Juli's disabled uncle and her family. Check out how physical Bryce's reaction is to Garrett's remarks—he says he feels his anger in his "gut." And his fury isn't going away any time soon. So Bryce's encounters with prejudice have him losing faith in his dad and in his buddy. Now that's a rude awakening.
Quote #9
The man behind the counter scooped as fast as he could, but in that short time David knocked over a table and two chairs with his flailing and managed to smear chocolate everywhere. The checkers and customers at the registers seemed frozen with terror—like David was some sort of monster out to destroy the world. (10.88)
When David's ice cream cone breaks, he gets really upset—and this means Juli sees how the rest of the world reacts to David. Juli gives us a pretty powerful description of how everyone in the store was "frozen with terror" and looked at David is if he were a "monster." Those are some intense similes and metaphors to use. What do you think about this description? And what do you think Juli's reaction is to David? Does her tone sound like she agrees with the people in the store, or do you think she disagrees with their fear?