Answer:Quote 1: “Can you imagine what it’s like to walk down the halls of your junior high and just about every person you meet looks at you and starts to grin, and it’s because they’re glad to see you?”
Explanation: This quote is parallel to earlier an quote in which people are grinning at Holling, not because they are happy to see him, but because Holling’s picture in yellow tights was being mocked. In this quote, people are grinning at Hollis because he is considered a hero at this point for saving his sister from being his by a bus.
Quote 2: “It also didn’t help that Mrs. Baker was wiping her eyes during her grading... Sometimes while sitting at her desk, she’d just stop whatever she was doing and look somewhere far away, like she wasn’t even in the classroom anymore.
Explanation: At the beginning of the book, Holling referred to nearly every expression on Mrs. Baker’s face as some variation of evil or sinister. In this quote, he is recognizing the expression as faraway due to the supposed loss of her husband. This shows he is developing emotionally and his perceptions of the people around him are maturing.
Quote 3: “And I suddenly realized that, well, I guess I had.”
Explanation: In this quote, Holling has just been corrected on a misconception about his teacher. He realizes that his past assumption that his teacher was nothing more than and had never been anything other than a teacher, which shows that he is maturing in his own rationalizations of the world around him.
Quote 4:”I never knew a building could hold so much inside.”
Explanation: Holling is expanding his worldview on a field trip with Mrs. Baker. Holling began the book with a negative view of Mrs. Baker, but now he is acknowledging the things she says and views her in a more positive light. Also, this quote demonstrates that he is maturing and developing a more open mind.
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