How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
If these were lies, then why had the Rabbi asked her to read them? (4.24)
The Golem, honest and practical to a fault, doesn't understand why the Rabbi would read fiction—and the biblical stories of Noah and the Garden of Eden are tales the Golem dubs fiction.
Quote #2
[The Rabbi] felt obscurely wrong in keeping [the bag] hidden. But then, if a child had landed at Ellis Island carrying a pistol in his pocket, would it not be right to confiscate it? (4.44)
The Rabbi feels guilty that he's keeping the Golem's possessions from her, but he believes he's doing so to protect her. The bag contains instructions on how to destroy her. He doesn't want her destroyed, and he probably doesn't want her knowing how easy it would be to do it.
Quote #3
He had not been honest with his daughter. (5.137)
We're not sure why Abu Yusuf lies to his daughter by telling her that he didn't see the Jinni's palace. Does he want her to just think she's a crazy young girl? Would things have turned out differently for these two if he had been honest, or does his lie not really affect anything at all?