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Peggy is one of Marianne’s friends at Trinity College in Dublin. She’s opinionated and judgmental, but Marianne spends a lot of time with her throughout her first years in college, especially since Peggy considers herself Marianne’s best friend. Eventually, though, Peggy takes Jamie’s side when Marianne breaks up with him, and though it upsets Marianne to lose Peggy as a friend, both Joanna and Connell hint that they never liked her anyway.
Peggy Quotes in Normal People
The Normal People quotes below are all either spoken by Peggy or refer to Peggy. 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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9. Two Months Later (April 2012)
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She comes to sit down with him and he touches her cheek. He has a terrible sense all of a sudden that he could hit her face, very hard even, and she would just sit there and let him. The idea frightens him so badly that he pulls his chair back and stands up. His hands are shaking. He doesn't know why he thought about it. Maybe he wants to do it. But it makes him feel sick.
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Peggy Quotes in Normal People
The Normal People quotes below are all either spoken by Peggy or refer to Peggy. 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:
).
9. Two Months Later (April 2012)
Quotes
She comes to sit down with him and he touches her cheek. He has a terrible sense all of a sudden that he could hit her face, very hard even, and she would just sit there and let him. The idea frightens him so badly that he pulls his chair back and stands up. His hands are shaking. He doesn't know why he thought about it. Maybe he wants to do it. But it makes him feel sick.
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
