The+Furlough

This chapter really focuses in on the characters, and how Jess looks up to Johnson. This chapter is important because it sums up the changes that Johnson went through in the army. Through this chapter you really start to understand how Jess wants to mature like Johnson and to become like him. A good reader should take away the character changes, the main one being Johnson's changes from the army. Another character change that occurred was Jess, he showed maturing and that he wants to grow up to be like Johnson. Jess has to mature when a woman figure comes into Johnsons life. Jess had never whitnessed Johnsons actions with a girl. Jess had to learn how to act with Laurie. (Cabell and Sophie)
 * The Big Questions: How does this chapter fit the novel as a whole / Why is it important / What should a good reader take away from this chapter?**
 * This chapter**

Page 80 //"I could see that he had changed. He was an older person than he used to be; he'd had to make himself older because of the war. And i felt that I should go about getting older too; it was my responsibility. The first thing I would do would be to pack up all my toys and put them away. No more play-pretend, either, with rocks and bricks and so forth. All that was behind me now, and I straightened my shoulders back and began to talk like an adult."//
 * Important Quotes (and commentary)**
 * This quote shows that Jess looks up to Johnson and wants to be like him. After Jess notices that Johnson had matured from the war he wants to mature as well. Jess talks about the ways he can change to grow up. (Cabell and Sophie)

Page 92 "Even after my father drove Johnson away my grand mother and mother and I said nothing, but went up on the porch to wait in the cold wind for my father to return. Perhaps we would never speak again; perhaps, without meaning to, we had taken a religious vow we could not understand. But when he returned from the train station my father was smiling and joking, and we began to feel not quite so sad."
 * This quote explains the Kirkmand's love for Johnson. All the family knew what to do when Johnson left was to sit in silence and to think about how blessed they were to have them. (call and Sophie)

Page 81 "//I know what you mean," she said. "There's something about a soldier." She squeezed Johnson's arm and his face turned a brilliant scarlet. He murmured something to her and she took her hands off him, but she wasn't displeased and looked across at mu father and winked. He smiled at her but didn't wink back.//
 * This shows that Joe Roberts isn't sure how he feels about Laurie Lee. (Ollie_oop and BIGMACDADDY1)

Page 82 "I never heard of those places. How do you get there?"..."If Johnsons got any sense they'll go by way of rubber junction," he answered. "Joe Robert..."
 * Moments of astonishingly good writing**
 * Moments of astonishingly good writing**