How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
She threw off the spread, put her feet to the floor, and sat gazing at her long legs, startled to find them twenty-six years old. (12.1)
Jean Louise spends a lot of time in flashbacks, and sometimes she's startled that she has changed from how she was a child. But has she? Other than physically, how is Jean Louise different?
Quote #8
This is one good thing about life that never changes, she thought. As long as he lived here, as long as she returned, Mr. Fred would be here with his… simple welcome. (12.108)
Jean Louise's tenacious clinging to the past seems to be rooted in nostalgia, like in this case with the grocery store. At what point does a person need to let go of nostalgia and start looking toward the future?
Quote #9
"The South's in its last agonizing birth pain. It's bringing forth something new and I'm not sure I like it, but I won't be here to see it. You will. Men like me and my brother are obsolete and we've got to go, but it's a pity we'll carry with us the meaningful things of this society—there were some good things in it." (14.142)
Uncle Jack is lamenting the end of pre-Civil Rights South. What are the "meaningful things" that are being lost?