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Jack’s dad appears in Jack’s poems about life at home and about Sky. Jack and his dad appear to have a loving relationship: Jack loves Walter Dean Myers’s poem “Love That Boy” so much because his dad calls to him just like the dad in the poem calls to his own son. It was Jack’s dad’s idea to adopt Sky, and he’s there when the blue car hits Sky and Sky dies.
Jack’s Dad Quotes in Love That Dog
The Love That Dog quotes below are all either spoken by Jack’s Dad or refer to Jack’s Dad. 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:
).
Love That Dog
Quotes
And we did.
We chose him.
And in the car
he put his head
against my chest
and wrapped his paws
around my arm
as if he were saying
Thank you thank you thank you.
And the other dogs
in the cages
get killed dead
if nobody chooses them.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
I sure liked that poem
by Mr. Walter Dean Myers
called
“Love That Boy.”
Because of two reasons I liked it:
One is because
my dad calls me
in the morning
just like that.
He calls
Hey there, son!
And also because
when I had my
yellow dog
I loved that dog
and I would call him
like this—
I’d say—
Hey there, Sky!
(His name was Sky.)
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Jack’s Dad Quotes in Love That Dog
The Love That Dog quotes below are all either spoken by Jack’s Dad or refer to Jack’s Dad. 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:
).
Love That Dog
Quotes
And we did.
We chose him.
And in the car
he put his head
against my chest
and wrapped his paws
around my arm
as if he were saying
Thank you thank you thank you.
And the other dogs
in the cages
get killed dead
if nobody chooses them.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
I sure liked that poem
by Mr. Walter Dean Myers
called
“Love That Boy.”
Because of two reasons I liked it:
One is because
my dad calls me
in the morning
just like that.
He calls
Hey there, son!
And also because
when I had my
yellow dog
I loved that dog
and I would call him
like this—
I’d say—
Hey there, Sky!
(His name was Sky.)
