How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"I don't care what they think when I go around in slacks." (2.50)
Sure Jean Louise loved overalls as a child, but as an adult, we have to wonder why she wears pants. Because she likes them? Or because she still wants to rebel?
Quote #2
I'm thoughtless, all right. Selfish. (3.24)
Jean Louise starts questioning her own motivations for rebelling against society's rules early on. Does she come to a conclusion? What do you think? Is she selfish? Or does society try to make her think she is, so that she will conform?
Quote #3
"Jean Louise, what do you mean—what do you and Henry Clinton mean—by going swimming last night naked?" (6.3)
The non-naked swim is one more way Jean Louise rebels against uptight Southern conventions. Even though she wasn't naked, we don't think she minds the rumor that she was. It makes her seem more rebellious.