Look Both Ways

by

Jason Reynolds

Mr. Jerry Character Analysis

Mr. Jerry is one of Satchmo’s neighbors. His wife recently died, and the day before “Satchmo’s Master Plan” takes place, he adopted a dog. Mr. Jerry seems unaware that Satchmo is terrified of dogs (and his dog in particular), so when Satchmo passes his house after school, Mr. Jerry invites Satchmo to come meet his dog.

Mr. Jerry Quotes in Look Both Ways

The Look Both Ways quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Jerry or refer to Mr. Jerry. 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:
Perspective and Assumptions Theme Icon
).
7. Satchmo’s Master Plan Quotes

Guess he was ready now. And not for a small one. Not for a furry football. But for a big, husky thing that looked like it was mixed. Some German shepherd. Some Labrador. Some rottweiler, some monster that Satchmo wasn’t sure was there or not, but decided it was so.

That was all he needed to start devising plans. Escape routes.

Related Characters: Satchmo Jenkins, Brutus, Mr. Jerry
Page Number: 125
Explanation and Analysis:

Where do you think Clancy is?

What do you think he’s doing right now?

Throwing Hail Marys?

Running the opposite way?

Not helping his teammates?

Why didn’t he chase Brutus?

Why didn’t he tackle him?

If he would’ve tackled him, you would’ve barked at it. Growled it so it knew what that felt like.

Related Characters: Satchmo Jenkins (speaker), Brutus, Mr. Jerry, Clancy
Page Number: 130
Explanation and Analysis:
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Mr. Jerry Quotes in Look Both Ways

The Look Both Ways quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Jerry or refer to Mr. Jerry. 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:
Perspective and Assumptions Theme Icon
).
7. Satchmo’s Master Plan Quotes

Guess he was ready now. And not for a small one. Not for a furry football. But for a big, husky thing that looked like it was mixed. Some German shepherd. Some Labrador. Some rottweiler, some monster that Satchmo wasn’t sure was there or not, but decided it was so.

That was all he needed to start devising plans. Escape routes.

Related Characters: Satchmo Jenkins, Brutus, Mr. Jerry
Page Number: 125
Explanation and Analysis:

Where do you think Clancy is?

What do you think he’s doing right now?

Throwing Hail Marys?

Running the opposite way?

Not helping his teammates?

Why didn’t he chase Brutus?

Why didn’t he tackle him?

If he would’ve tackled him, you would’ve barked at it. Growled it so it knew what that felt like.

Related Characters: Satchmo Jenkins (speaker), Brutus, Mr. Jerry, Clancy
Page Number: 130
Explanation and Analysis: