How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"And when, as sometimes happened, a girl of my own age showed some interest in me. I treated her swinishly." (20.26)
Masculinity has its down side… or in this case, Jack's idea of masculinity, which involves turning nervousness about a girl back on the girl in question. (That's not actually masculine, by the way; it's just really jerky.)