Because of Winn-Dixie

by

Kate DiCamillo

Sweetie Pie Thomas Character Analysis

Sweetie Pie is a blonde five-year-old girl who befriends Opal. She’s one of the first friendly people Opal meets in Naomi; though it’s summer when they meet, Sweetie Pie excitedly invites Opal to her sixth birthday party in September. Sweetie Pie adores Winn-Dixie and desperately wants a dog of her own. She snuggles Winn-Dixie whenever they’re together. Sweetie Pie is nonjudgmental and simply wants to be around people who are kind and will care for her. The fact that Otis has been to jail isn’t even on her radar; she simply loves that he plays guitar for the animals at the pet shop. Her youth, however, means that she’s not interested in acknowledging sad things. When offered a Littmus Lozenge (candies which cause older characters to reflect on the sadness that’s inherent to life), Sweetie Pie spits it out and insists it doesn’t taste good.

Sweetie Pie Thomas Quotes in Because of Winn-Dixie

The Because of Winn-Dixie quotes below are all either spoken by Sweetie Pie Thomas or refer to Sweetie Pie Thomas. 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:
Storytelling and Listening Theme Icon
).
Chapter 5 Quotes

And none of them wanted to be my friend anyway because they probably thought I’d tell on them to the preacher for every little thing they did wrong; and then they would get in trouble with God and their parents. So I told God that I was lonely, even having Winn-Dixie.

Related Characters: India Opal Buloni (speaker), Winn-Dixie, Daddy/The Preacher, Amanda Wilkinson, Dunlap Dewberry, Stevie Dewberry, Sweetie Pie Thomas
Page Number: 38-39
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Chapter 8 Quotes

All of a sudden, I felt happy. I had a dog. I had a job. I had Miss Franny Block for a friend. And I had my first invitation to a party in Naomi. It didn’t matter that it came from a five-year-old and the party wasn’t until September. I didn’t feel so lonely anymore.

Related Characters: India Opal Buloni (speaker), Winn-Dixie, Otis, Miss Franny Block, Mama, Sweetie Pie Thomas
Page Number: 59
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Chapter 12 Quotes

I waved at the woman on the porch and she waved back, and I watched Sweetie Pie run off to tell her mama about Otis being a magic man. It made me think about my mama and how I wanted to tell her the story about Otis charming all the animals. I was collecting stories for her.

Related Characters: India Opal Buloni (speaker), Otis, Mama, Sweetie Pie Thomas
Page Number: 85
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Chapter 18 Quotes

I got up out of bed and unwrapped a Littmus Lozenge and sucked on it hard and thought about my mama leaving me. That was a melancholy feeling. And then I thought about Amanda and Carson. And that made me feel melancholy, too. Poor Amanda. And poor Carson. He was the same age as Sweetie Pie. But he would never get to have his sixth birthday party.

Related Characters: India Opal Buloni (speaker), Mama, Amanda Wilkinson, Sweetie Pie Thomas, Carson
Related Symbols: Littmus Lozenges
Page Number: 126-27
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Sweetie Pie Thomas Quotes in Because of Winn-Dixie

The Because of Winn-Dixie quotes below are all either spoken by Sweetie Pie Thomas or refer to Sweetie Pie Thomas. 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:
Storytelling and Listening Theme Icon
).
Chapter 5 Quotes

And none of them wanted to be my friend anyway because they probably thought I’d tell on them to the preacher for every little thing they did wrong; and then they would get in trouble with God and their parents. So I told God that I was lonely, even having Winn-Dixie.

Related Characters: India Opal Buloni (speaker), Winn-Dixie, Daddy/The Preacher, Amanda Wilkinson, Dunlap Dewberry, Stevie Dewberry, Sweetie Pie Thomas
Page Number: 38-39
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 8 Quotes

All of a sudden, I felt happy. I had a dog. I had a job. I had Miss Franny Block for a friend. And I had my first invitation to a party in Naomi. It didn’t matter that it came from a five-year-old and the party wasn’t until September. I didn’t feel so lonely anymore.

Related Characters: India Opal Buloni (speaker), Winn-Dixie, Otis, Miss Franny Block, Mama, Sweetie Pie Thomas
Page Number: 59
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Chapter 12 Quotes

I waved at the woman on the porch and she waved back, and I watched Sweetie Pie run off to tell her mama about Otis being a magic man. It made me think about my mama and how I wanted to tell her the story about Otis charming all the animals. I was collecting stories for her.

Related Characters: India Opal Buloni (speaker), Otis, Mama, Sweetie Pie Thomas
Page Number: 85
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Chapter 18 Quotes

I got up out of bed and unwrapped a Littmus Lozenge and sucked on it hard and thought about my mama leaving me. That was a melancholy feeling. And then I thought about Amanda and Carson. And that made me feel melancholy, too. Poor Amanda. And poor Carson. He was the same age as Sweetie Pie. But he would never get to have his sixth birthday party.

Related Characters: India Opal Buloni (speaker), Mama, Amanda Wilkinson, Sweetie Pie Thomas, Carson
Related Symbols: Littmus Lozenges
Page Number: 126-27
Explanation and Analysis: