Quote 1
"What's a Quaker?" The only Quaker I had ever heard of was Quaker Oats cereal.
"It's somebody who doesn't believe in violence," he said.
I told him, "Who says you have to believe in it? You just do it." (4.1-4.3)
Two things. First, Penn is a Quaker, so he doesn't believe in violence. Fine.
Second, there's Crash's response, which is not fine. Don't think about violence, just perpetrate it? That's essentially what he's saying, and it gives us some insight into Crash's character. Granted, he's only, like, 5 when he says it, but it sort of sets the tone for some of his future behavior.
Quote 2
"She's gonna go"—I made my voice high like a girl's—"'Oooo, there's that Crash Coogan scoring another touchdown. I do believe I'm falling in love with that boy. He's so good and handsome.'" (10.37)
Crash has some weird ideas about what women like. Where do you suppose those ideas came from?
Quote 3
"Penn Webb wants to be a cheerleader."
He bit off the end of his sandwich. He shook his head, chewed, chuckled, and spoke all at once: "Now, that is terrifying." (13.43-13.44)
There are plenty of things in this world that are terrifying—big bugs, clowns, and running out of ice cream, for starters. But male cheerleaders? They don't seem so terrifying…except to Crash's dad. Don't ask us why, but it's pretty clear that he finds a young boy's extracurricular activity threatening to his own masculinity.