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Moose’s dad is an electrician, though on Alcatraz, he also works as a prison guard. An honest and supportive man, Dad agrees to move the family to Alcatraz so that Natalie can attend the Esther P. Marinoff School, even though it means working extremely long hours with few, if any, days off. Though Moose believes that Dad does everything and anything that Mom wants him to do, Dad insists this isn’t entirely true: Dad has, over the years, advocated for Moose, as he seems to agree that Mom hasn’t always given Moose the time and attention he deserves. He’s the first adult to acknowledge that Natalie is indeed 16, and he insists he’s proud of Moose for standing up for his sister. Though he seems to suspect that Moose may have broken some rule after Natalie is accepted to the Esther P. Marinoff School, Dad doesn’t challenge Moose about it.
Dad/Cam Flanagan Quotes in Al Capone Does My Shirts
The Al Capone Does My Shirts quotes below are all either spoken by Dad/Cam Flanagan or refer to Dad/Cam Flanagan. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2: Errand Boy
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“Dad! Could you show me the cell house, and then maybe could we play ball?” I sound like I’m six and a half now, but I can’t help it. He’s been gone forever and I hardly got to see him at all yesterday. It’s lonely in my family when he’s not around.
His smile seems to lose its pink. He puts Natalie’s buttons down in two careful piles, gets up and brushes his uniform off.
I follow him into the kitchen. “You’re not working today, are you?”
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Chapter 32: The Button Box
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“I know what Mrs. Kelly says. I’m talking about Moose now and what he thinks. He’s good with Natalie. They’ve worked out a relationship. We have to respect that and trust him.”
“Well, yes, but—”
“You have to let him care about her his way.”
And then something I can’t hear.
“I got one child who has everything,” my mom says, “big, strapping, healthy, smart...makes people laugh. Got kids coming over looking for him night and day, just like at home. Little ones, big ones and the girls—they all like Moose. But Natalie, Natalie doesn’t have the whole world looking out for her. She needs me.”
“Moose needs you too.”
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Chapter 36: Waiting
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“You didn’t care that it made me mad,” my mom says in a quiet tone of voice. “You didn’t care that it upset your father. You didn’t care that it was the night before Natalie’s interview. You didn’t care about anything. [...]
“But I see how much you care about Natalie. That’s the part that didn’t make sense. All night I tossed and turned. I kept asking why. Moose, of all people. Why did he say that? Why? And you know what? I could only come up with one answer.
“You did it because you believed in your heart it was the right thing to do. You were doing what you thought would help your sister.”
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Dad/Cam Flanagan Quotes in Al Capone Does My Shirts
The Al Capone Does My Shirts quotes below are all either spoken by Dad/Cam Flanagan or refer to Dad/Cam Flanagan. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2: Errand Boy
Quotes
“Dad! Could you show me the cell house, and then maybe could we play ball?” I sound like I’m six and a half now, but I can’t help it. He’s been gone forever and I hardly got to see him at all yesterday. It’s lonely in my family when he’s not around.
His smile seems to lose its pink. He puts Natalie’s buttons down in two careful piles, gets up and brushes his uniform off.
I follow him into the kitchen. “You’re not working today, are you?”
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Chapter 32: The Button Box
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“I know what Mrs. Kelly says. I’m talking about Moose now and what he thinks. He’s good with Natalie. They’ve worked out a relationship. We have to respect that and trust him.”
“Well, yes, but—”
“You have to let him care about her his way.”
And then something I can’t hear.
“I got one child who has everything,” my mom says, “big, strapping, healthy, smart...makes people laugh. Got kids coming over looking for him night and day, just like at home. Little ones, big ones and the girls—they all like Moose. But Natalie, Natalie doesn’t have the whole world looking out for her. She needs me.”
“Moose needs you too.”
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Chapter 36: Waiting
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“You didn’t care that it made me mad,” my mom says in a quiet tone of voice. “You didn’t care that it upset your father. You didn’t care that it was the night before Natalie’s interview. You didn’t care about anything. [...]
“But I see how much you care about Natalie. That’s the part that didn’t make sense. All night I tossed and turned. I kept asking why. Moose, of all people. Why did he say that? Why? And you know what? I could only come up with one answer.
“You did it because you believed in your heart it was the right thing to do. You were doing what you thought would help your sister.”
