Teddy Wisdom and Knowledge Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Section.Paragraph)
| Quote #1 Teddy turned around at the waist, without changing the vigilant position of his feet on the Gladstone, and gave his father a look of inquiry, whole and pure. (1.4) |
Teddy' s physicality is immediately contrasted with that of his father. The words "whole and pure" stand out as our initial impression of our main character.
| Quote #2 During this little exchange, Teddy had faced around and resumed looking out of the porthole. "We passed the Queen Mary at three-thirty-two this morning, going the other way, if anybody's interested," he said slowly. "Which I doubt." (2.1) |
Teddy is right – his parents are more interested in using him as battle territory than actually listening to what he has to say.
| Quote #3 Teddy hesitated. "I said `rather' embarrassing. I qualified it." (2.9) |
Teddy is interested in words and phrases, and in particular in using them properly. We see this again when he speaks with Ensign Matthewson. His preoccupation with words does seem a bit odd, since Teddy claims that intellectual matters are useless.
