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Joe Wobble, as he’s better known, is Wood Mountain’s main boxing rival. Years ago, Joe Wobble’s family encroached on land that Wood Mountain’s grandmother owned. During their first fight, Wood Mountain has the opportunity to land a potentially winning combination against Joe, but the bell rings early, unfairly letting Joe escape defeat. When Barnes approaches Joe about a rematch (for the fight that will be the fundraiser for the delegation to travel to Congress), Joe agrees, saying that he didn’t like the unfairness of the first fight either. For the fundraiser, Wood Mountain wins the fight on points, but it’s so brutal that both boxers resolve never to fight again.
Joe “Wobble” Wobleszynski Quotes in The Night Watchman
The The Night Watchman quotes below are all either spoken by Joe “Wobble” Wobleszynski or refer to Joe “Wobble” Wobleszynski. 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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Juggie’s Boy
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Many years back, the first Wobleszynski had encroached on the land owned by Wood Mountain’s grandmother. Since then, the Wobleszynskis sent their cattle to graze on Juggie’s land so often that her family had finally shanghaied a cow. This happened during berry-picking time, when there were extra people camped out everywhere, so if the cow was stolen it was quickly absorbed into boiling pots. Nothing was ever traced or proved but nothing was ever forgotten, either. Over the years, resentment between the families had become entrenched.
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Joe “Wobble” Wobleszynski Quotes in The Night Watchman
The The Night Watchman quotes below are all either spoken by Joe “Wobble” Wobleszynski or refer to Joe “Wobble” Wobleszynski. 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:
).
Juggie’s Boy
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Many years back, the first Wobleszynski had encroached on the land owned by Wood Mountain’s grandmother. Since then, the Wobleszynskis sent their cattle to graze on Juggie’s land so often that her family had finally shanghaied a cow. This happened during berry-picking time, when there were extra people camped out everywhere, so if the cow was stolen it was quickly absorbed into boiling pots. Nothing was ever traced or proved but nothing was ever forgotten, either. Over the years, resentment between the families had become entrenched.
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