Character Quotes: Jaja

Question 1

Things started to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not
go to communion

Answer 1

Jaja, the protagonist’s brother, refused to believe in something that doesn’t make sense to him, sort of already declaring him as not a religious person, a rebel.

Question 2

“The wafer gives me bad breath.”

Answer 2

Jaja referred to the bread in the communion as “wafer,” admitting that it wasn’t really a part of Jesus and it gave him bad breath: a clear act of rebellion.

Question 3

“Then I will die.” Fear had darkened Jaja’s eyes to the color of coal tar

Answer 3

Jaja would rather die that blindly follow a religion he doesn’t believe in.