How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Can I trust you with the rest? I still want to know—are you a good person?
Maybe that's not fair of me to ask, since I haven't even figured out whether I'm a good person or not. I guess you can be the judge.
(25.10-11)
This is a pretty good question. So, Rafe is still wondering if we—the readers—are good people, but now he's stopping to ask who he is. Is he a good kid? He is doing this whole rule-breaking project after all. Maybe he's not so great?
Quote #5
And then she started crying all over again.
On her birthday.
Because of me.
I've never felt like a bigger piece of scum than I did right then. Just one big slice of loser meat on toast. So much for being a good person.
(32.16-20)
Yeah, this is a real low point for Rafe. Breaking the rules does make him feel like he's king of the world, but seeing Mom cry because of it sure doesn't. Maybe it's time to change things up? Try to be normal for a little bit to smooth things over.
Quote #6
"You're going to regret this," Leo told me. "Besides, Jules doesn't want you to be normal. She just wants you to be yourself. Doesn't she say that all the time?"
"Yeah, well, myself made his mother cry tonight," I said. "I'm just going to lie low for a while, that's all. Just until things get a little better around here."
(33.2-3)
We definitely get Rafe here. He feels bad about making his mom cry and he wants to back off all the lawlessness at school for a while. Leo doesn't get it though. Mom doesn't want him to just be a normal kid. She wants him to be happy. And if breaking the rules makes him happy…