| Quote #10 But what was the matter with me these days was that I didn't like care much. It was like something soft getting into me and I could not pony why. What I wanted these days I did not know. (3.7.32) |
This is the first sign of Alex's future personal transformation. This passage shows just how discontent he is with the status quo. He is looking for more.
| Quote #11 That's what it's going to be then, brothers, as I come to the like end of this tale… I was young. But now as I end this story, brothers, I am not young, not no longer, oh no. Alex like growth up, oh yes. (2.7.57) |
Not only has Alex finally answered the question that has appeared more than a dozen times throughout the book, but he has also definitively declared that he is young no longer. Wow.