EINTY analysis quotes

Question 1

What quote talks about Lydia’s isolation regarding Marilyn’s disappearance?

Answer 1

“Since their mother’s disappearance and return, Lydia had been friendless”.

Question 2

What quote highlights Marilyn’s feeling of being an outcast in society?

Answer 2

She had never told anyone how alone she felt, how certain that the other mothers in town had shared wisdom that she lacked.

Question 3

What indirect and direct quotes show Marilyn passing on her societal expectations to Lydia?

Answer 3

Sweetheart, I know high school may not feel important, but its the foundation for the rest of your life.

She buried her nose in Lydia’s hair and made silent promises

Question 4

What quote shows James pushing his expectations on Nath?

Answer 4

He needs to learn how to make friends

Question 5

What quote highlights Doris’s discrimination and pushing her marital expectations onto Marilyn?

Answer 5

Oh my mother just thinks that I should marry someone more like me

Question 6

What quote highlights the societal expectation of women in the 1970’s?

Answer 6

Shouldn’t the doctor do that

Question 7

What quote highlights how James feels discriminated against in his workplace?

Answer 7

This little man, 5f 9 at most and not even American was going to teach them about cowboys

Question 8

What quote shows how James as an outcast in society and believed that Doris was right?

Answer 8

Your mother was right after all, you should of married someone more like you

Question 9

What quote shows Doris disapproving Marilyn’s choice to marry James?

Answer 9

It’s not right Marilyn, It’s not right, think about your children, she said, where will you live, you wont fit in anywhere. You’ll be sorry for the rest of your life.

Question 10

What quote shows James when he found his sense of belonging with Louisa?

Answer 10

You’re the kind of girl i should of married

Question 10

What quote shows James when he found his sense of belonging with Louisa?

Answer 10

You’re the kind of girl i should of married

Question 11

What quote shows how Lydia felt that she had lost her innocence?

Answer 11

Lydia’s bottle of Baby Soft sat atop the dresser, a sweet powdery, loved, baby scent still in the air, But no Lydia

Question 12

What quote shows how Lydia loses her innocence when with Jack?

Answer 12

And to her surprise Jack pulled the pack of cigarettes from his pocket and held it out, “A peace offering”

Question 13

What quote shows Lydia lying and Nath keeping the secret?

Answer 13

Lydia how’s pam doing
she’s doing great just made the pep squad
and Nath does not contridict her

Question 14

What quote shows how James’s being an outcast affected his relationships?

Answer 14

part of him wanted to tell his son that he knew what it was like to be teased, what it was like to never fit in

Question 15

What quote demonstrates how Marilyn felt about her mother

Answer 15

“It struck her then, as if someone had said it aloud: her mother was dead, and the only thing worth remembering about her, in the end, was that she cooked