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Jay Perkins is an eighth-grade boy at Eastham Middle School. He says something offensive to Joseph Brook about Madeleine Joyce in math class, and Joseph attacks him, choking him. Though math teacher Mr. D’Ulney breaks up the fight, Jay swears revenge on Joseph, and he and two of his friends later ambush Joseph in the boys’ locker room.
Jay Perkins Quotes in Orbiting Jupiter
The Orbiting Jupiter quotes below are all either spoken by Jay Perkins or refer to Jay Perkins. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
Quotes
“You might get suspended for fighting. All because you were hanging around Joseph Brook. I’m telling you, I know his type. Trouble follows him like a yellow dog.”
“I’ve seen what happens to yellow dogs,” I said.
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“Would you have left a guy being beat up to go find a teacher?” I asked.
My father, he wiped his hand across his face, and what was left behind was a smile.
Really, a smile.
“Not in a million years,” he said.
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Jay Perkins Quotes in Orbiting Jupiter
The Orbiting Jupiter quotes below are all either spoken by Jay Perkins or refer to Jay Perkins. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 5
Quotes
“You might get suspended for fighting. All because you were hanging around Joseph Brook. I’m telling you, I know his type. Trouble follows him like a yellow dog.”
“I’ve seen what happens to yellow dogs,” I said.
Related Characters:
Related Symbols:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
“Would you have left a guy being beat up to go find a teacher?” I asked.
My father, he wiped his hand across his face, and what was left behind was a smile.
Really, a smile.
“Not in a million years,” he said.
