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Al Capone’s mother, Mrs. Capone, comes to Alcatraz to visit her son one Sunday morning. Piper ropes as many kids as she can into riding the boat to San Francisco and back so they can see her. She’s a small, elderly Italian woman who has a way with babies; she takes baby Rocky from Theresa and calms him down when none of the kids can. She doesn’t end up seeing her son, as her metal corset stays set off the metal detector and she’s so humiliated by being strip searched that she insists on leaving.
Teresina Capone Quotes in Al Capone Does My Shirts
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Chapter 22: Al Capone’s Mama
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I can’t get over this. I keep thinking about when Al Capone was a baby. I’ll bet his mama sang him the same song she sang to Rocky. I’ll bet she held his hand when they crossed the street, packed his lunch for school and sewed his name into his jacket—A. CAPONE so everyone would know it was his.
I’ll bet she wishes she could do it all over again too...if only Al were little and she could.
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Chapter 38: What Happened?
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“‘I like your mother very much’?” Piper says when she reads it.
“You got to say something about the guy’s mother.”
“Why?” she asks.
“Because then he remembers he has one. And he knows we know her too. Makes him act better. It’s The Mom Rule—all guys use it.”
“This is Al Capone we’re talking about. I don’t think he’ll fall for a cheap trick like that.”
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Teresina Capone Quotes in Al Capone Does My Shirts
The Al Capone Does My Shirts quotes below are all either spoken by Teresina Capone or refer to Teresina Capone. 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 22: Al Capone’s Mama
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I can’t get over this. I keep thinking about when Al Capone was a baby. I’ll bet his mama sang him the same song she sang to Rocky. I’ll bet she held his hand when they crossed the street, packed his lunch for school and sewed his name into his jacket—A. CAPONE so everyone would know it was his.
I’ll bet she wishes she could do it all over again too...if only Al were little and she could.
Related Characters:
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Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 38: What Happened?
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“‘I like your mother very much’?” Piper says when she reads it.
“You got to say something about the guy’s mother.”
“Why?” she asks.
“Because then he remembers he has one. And he knows we know her too. Makes him act better. It’s The Mom Rule—all guys use it.”
“This is Al Capone we’re talking about. I don’t think he’ll fall for a cheap trick like that.”
