How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"The mold had no features, of course, but it somehow suggested the shape of the beaver it had consumed." (17.37)
Here's a symbol of transformation that might possibly match what Jack's going through. It looks like a beaver, it's shaped like a beaver, but it's actually just a pile of stinky creepy mold. Could it mark the difference between real change and just the pretend change that Jack keeps trying?
Quote #8
"The effect on them would have been careless, just one of style, and I took note of it." (22.72)
Even late in the game, Jack's still trying to transform just by imitating someone else. It makes him aware of the desire to transform, but is he aware of the way he's really transforming?
Quote #9
"The words came as easily as if someone were breathing them into my ear." (22.76)
It's very brief, but Jack may have found his real tool of transformation here: writing, which is what he's so good at and which he's discovering here for the first time. (He went on to write a bestseller, after all, so we'll take it as a given.)