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Jerry’s father is a widower and a pharmacist who keeps odd hours due to his demanding but dull job. Jerry’s father seems to be on autopilot since the death of Jerry’s mother, and is deeply disconnected from his son and the pain Jerry is going through. Jerry is afraid of ending up like his father—moving mindlessly through a life full of “fine” days and boring work.
Jerry’s Father Quotes in The Chocolate War
The The Chocolate War quotes below are all either spoken by Jerry’s Father or refer to Jerry’s Father. 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 9
Quotes
"Hey, Dad."
"Yes, Jerry?"
"Were things really fine at the store today?"
His father paused near the kitchen doorway, puzzled. “What do you mean, Jerry?"
“I mean, every day I ask you how things are going and every day you say fine. Don't you have some great days? Or rotten days?”
“A drugstore's pretty much the same all the time, Jerry. The prescriptions come in and we fill them—and that’s about it.”
[…]
Was life that dull, that boring and humdrum for people? He hated to think of his own life stretching ahead of him that way, a long succession of days and nights that were fine, fine—not good, not bad, not great, not lousy, not exciting, not anything.
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Jerry’s Father Quotes in The Chocolate War
The The Chocolate War quotes below are all either spoken by Jerry’s Father or refer to Jerry’s Father. 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 9
Quotes
"Hey, Dad."
"Yes, Jerry?"
"Were things really fine at the store today?"
His father paused near the kitchen doorway, puzzled. “What do you mean, Jerry?"
“I mean, every day I ask you how things are going and every day you say fine. Don't you have some great days? Or rotten days?”
“A drugstore's pretty much the same all the time, Jerry. The prescriptions come in and we fill them—and that’s about it.”
[…]
Was life that dull, that boring and humdrum for people? He hated to think of his own life stretching ahead of him that way, a long succession of days and nights that were fine, fine—not good, not bad, not great, not lousy, not exciting, not anything.
Related Characters:
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Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
