How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"This town isn't going to let its enfant terrible go to boarding school looking like a ragamuffin." (15.66)
Even though Peekay is poor and sometimes left out of town society, when he leaves to go to a fancy school the whole town supports him as their representative. Now, instead of trying to decide who's the best in town, everyone supports their one and only college boy.
Quote #8
Odd-bods, he asserted, were always singled out by plebians, the worst kind of which were middle-class, Anglo-South African Protestants, who made up the remainder of the school. (16.61)
Morrie tells Peekay like it is their first day of school. He has a much clearer picture of English society, which is just as hierarchical and difficult to navigate as Afrikaner society. This is an indispensable resource for Peekay, who's spent his life in the country.
Quote #9
It didn't take too many brains to figure out that world champion boxers are not usually spawned within a system designed to educate upper-middle-class Christian gentlemen. (16.61)
How does Peekay reconcile being at the boarding school and pursuing his boxing dreams? Since he already doesn't fit in with the rich kids, boxing makes him all the more different. But by being the best, he finds a way to get in with the cool kids.