How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #4
St. Bart's was not particularly pleased either with Lake's methods or with their results, but kept him on because it was fashionable to have at least one distinguished freak on the staff. (4.5.3)
We just wanted to point out that there are some other nutty professors out there, but their institutions actually like them. So unlike Pnin, they are not totally isolated from everyone else.
Quote #5
"Oh, you must eat more, much more if you want to be a footballist." "I'm afraid I don't care much for football. In fact, I hate football. I'm not very good at any game, really." "You are not a lover of football?" said Pnin, and a look of dismay crept over his large expressive face. He pursed his lips. He opened them—but said nothing. In silence he ate his vanilla ice cream, which contained no vanilla and was not made of cream. (4.8.21)
Here, Pnin is just getting to know Victor. He obviously has all of these hopes and expectations for this son that he has never met. And this moment is where it all comes crashing down. It's obvious that even though Pnin was hoping that he had gained a new family member, he realizes that he's just as alone as ever.
Quote #6
There had never been any regular Russian Department at Waindell and my poor friend's academic existence had always depended on his being employed by the eclectic German Department in a kind of Comparative Literature extension of one of its branches. (6.1.3)
Even academically, Pnin is isolated. He doesn't even have a Russian department full of other people who are interested in Russian things to associate with. He's just a lone Russian professor in the middle of the German department.