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Mrs. Beech/William’s Mother
Son of Mrs. Fletcher and Mr. Fletcher, George is a Little Weirwold boy about William Beech’s age. Though his mother forces him to invite William blackberry picking at the beginning of their acquaintance, George, William, Zach, Carrie, and Ginnie soon become an inseparable fivesome. George likes singing in the church choir and investigating nature; he has no use for school, which sometimes leads him to squabble with the more intellectual Carrie.
George Fletcher Quotes in Good Night, Mr. Tom
The Good Night, Mr. Tom quotes below are all either spoken by George Fletcher or refer to George Fletcher. 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 7: An Encounter over Blackberries
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He couldn’t read or write. He couldn’t swim or ride a bicycle. He had never made anything and he couldn’t tell the difference between one flower and another. He couldn’t play cricket or any other game for that matter and he had never been fishing. He began to panic. The others would get bored with waiting and go off on their own without him. He swallowed hard and looked up at their faces. They didn’t look bored. He relaxed a little and then he remembered something.
“I likes drawin’.”
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Chapter 10: The Case
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The jersey had a polo-neck collar in red. The cuffs and the waistband were ribbed in the same color. Willie thought that next to Zach’s deep complexion and black hair the red looked pleasing.
“I think it’s fine,” he said quietly, and Zach knew he was speaking truthfully.
Chapter 11: Friday
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“And here’s me dying to act and I can’t be in it because I’m Jewish.”
“Now you know how I feel about the high school,” said Carrie.
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George Fletcher Quotes in Good Night, Mr. Tom
The Good Night, Mr. Tom quotes below are all either spoken by George Fletcher or refer to George Fletcher. 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 7: An Encounter over Blackberries
Quotes
He couldn’t read or write. He couldn’t swim or ride a bicycle. He had never made anything and he couldn’t tell the difference between one flower and another. He couldn’t play cricket or any other game for that matter and he had never been fishing. He began to panic. The others would get bored with waiting and go off on their own without him. He swallowed hard and looked up at their faces. They didn’t look bored. He relaxed a little and then he remembered something.
“I likes drawin’.”
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 10: The Case
Quotes
The jersey had a polo-neck collar in red. The cuffs and the waistband were ribbed in the same color. Willie thought that next to Zach’s deep complexion and black hair the red looked pleasing.
“I think it’s fine,” he said quietly, and Zach knew he was speaking truthfully.
Chapter 11: Friday
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“And here’s me dying to act and I can’t be in it because I’m Jewish.”
“Now you know how I feel about the high school,” said Carrie.
