Beartown

by

Fredrik Backman

Bobo Character Analysis

Bobo is the son of Hog and Ann-Katrin. He plays on the junior hockey team. An enormous, lumbering player, he repeatedly flattens Amat during Amat’s first junior practice, but he soon grows sympathetic, and the two become friends during Kevin’s party. Belying his awkward exterior, Bobo can be tender-hearted and even has a romantic streak. He defends Amat against his teammates when they attack Amat for disloyalty, showing how courageous he is at heart. He stays in Beartown to join the new A-team and teaches children’s skating.

Bobo Quotes in Beartown

The Beartown quotes below are all either spoken by Bobo or refer to Bobo. 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:
Community Breakdown and Inequality Theme Icon
).
Chapter 17 Quotes

The storm of laughter from all the juniors makes the room shake. In the end even David smiles, and he’ll think back to that moment many times afterward: whether a joke is always only a joke, whether that particular one went too far, whether there are different rules inside and outside a locker room, whether it’s acceptable to cross the line in order to defuse tension and get rid of nerves before a game, or if he should have stopped Lars and intervened by saying something to the guys. But he does nothing. Just lets them all laugh. He’ll think about that when he gets home and looks his girlfriend in the eye.

Related Characters: David, Bobo, Lars, David’s girlfriend
Page Number: 135
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 50 Quotes

None of them sees the first skate of the child who’s the last one out. She’s four years old, a scrawny little kid in gloves that are too big for her, with bruises everyone sees but nobody asks about. Her helmet slips down across her eyes, but the look in them is clear enough.

Adri and Sune come after her, ready to hold the girl up, until they realize that there’s no need. The four boys at the center circle will build a new A-team next season, but that doesn’t matter, because in ten years’ time it won’t be their names that make the people of this town stand taller.

And they’ll all lie and say they were here and saw it happen. The first skate of the girl who will become the most talented player this club has ever seen. They’ll all say they knew it even then.

Related Characters: Amat, Benjamin Ovich (Benji), Sune, Bobo, Zacharias, Adri Ovich
Related Symbols: Bears, Cherry Blossoms
Page Number: 415
Explanation and Analysis:
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Bobo Quotes in Beartown

The Beartown quotes below are all either spoken by Bobo or refer to Bobo. 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:
Community Breakdown and Inequality Theme Icon
).
Chapter 17 Quotes

The storm of laughter from all the juniors makes the room shake. In the end even David smiles, and he’ll think back to that moment many times afterward: whether a joke is always only a joke, whether that particular one went too far, whether there are different rules inside and outside a locker room, whether it’s acceptable to cross the line in order to defuse tension and get rid of nerves before a game, or if he should have stopped Lars and intervened by saying something to the guys. But he does nothing. Just lets them all laugh. He’ll think about that when he gets home and looks his girlfriend in the eye.

Related Characters: David, Bobo, Lars, David’s girlfriend
Page Number: 135
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 50 Quotes

None of them sees the first skate of the child who’s the last one out. She’s four years old, a scrawny little kid in gloves that are too big for her, with bruises everyone sees but nobody asks about. Her helmet slips down across her eyes, but the look in them is clear enough.

Adri and Sune come after her, ready to hold the girl up, until they realize that there’s no need. The four boys at the center circle will build a new A-team next season, but that doesn’t matter, because in ten years’ time it won’t be their names that make the people of this town stand taller.

And they’ll all lie and say they were here and saw it happen. The first skate of the girl who will become the most talented player this club has ever seen. They’ll all say they knew it even then.

Related Characters: Amat, Benjamin Ovich (Benji), Sune, Bobo, Zacharias, Adri Ovich
Related Symbols: Bears, Cherry Blossoms
Page Number: 415
Explanation and Analysis: