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A student in Nicole and Jonas’s class at elementary school. Prompted by his grandfather Paul’s disapproval of Nicole using the girls’ bathroom at school, Jacob thinks it’s wrong that Nicole (who he views as a boy) gets to use the girls’ bathroom when he doesn’t. Consequently, Jacob begins to stalk Nicole, follows her into the girls’ bathroom when she uses it, and calls her a “faggot.” While at first Jacob is disciplined by the school, gradually his behavior goes unpunished and the school focuses on policing Nicole instead.
Jacob Melanson Quotes in Becoming Nicole
The Becoming Nicole quotes below are all either spoken by Jacob Melanson or refer to Jacob Melanson. 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 23
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There was Jacob, staring her down. She knew exactly what was about to happen. The moment the door of the girls’ restroom closed behind her, it opened again and there he was. Later, in the principal’s office, Nicole was told she shouldn’t have been using the girls’ bathroom in the first place, which only made her feel like the school was pointing out: Here are all the normal kids, and here are you.
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Chapter 28
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Kelly and the kids would move to Portland, and Wayne would commute on weekends and holidays to be with them. They’d always thought they were on an upward trajectory in their lives, with success and promotions at work fueling an increasingly better lifestyle, but Jacob and his grandfather Paul Melanson had bizarrely changed all that. Suddenly, Wayne and Kelly were downsizing and their lives were in reverse.
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Jacob Melanson Quotes in Becoming Nicole
The Becoming Nicole quotes below are all either spoken by Jacob Melanson or refer to Jacob Melanson. 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:
).
Chapter 23
Quotes
There was Jacob, staring her down. She knew exactly what was about to happen. The moment the door of the girls’ restroom closed behind her, it opened again and there he was. Later, in the principal’s office, Nicole was told she shouldn’t have been using the girls’ bathroom in the first place, which only made her feel like the school was pointing out: Here are all the normal kids, and here are you.
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Chapter 28
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Kelly and the kids would move to Portland, and Wayne would commute on weekends and holidays to be with them. They’d always thought they were on an upward trajectory in their lives, with success and promotions at work fueling an increasingly better lifestyle, but Jacob and his grandfather Paul Melanson had bizarrely changed all that. Suddenly, Wayne and Kelly were downsizing and their lives were in reverse.
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