Jacob Have I Loved Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 1 Summary

Chapter 1 Summary

Chapter 1 is set in the summer of 1941. The protagonist, Louise, is thirteen years old. The reader is introduced to the narrator and her friend Call, a fourteen year old boy, as they are collecting crabs to sell. In this chapter, the narrator describes herself at this age as being "tall and large boned, with delusions of beauty and romance." Call is described as "pudgy, bespectacled, and unsentimental." He has no father figure. This chapter points out that Call's father is dead. Call is also described as immature and lacking humor. He is a boy who never laughs and never finds jokes funny because he approaches them too literarily. He is not accepted by the other boys on the Island. For this reason, he spends most of his time with Louise. She credits her friendship with Call to the fact that they work well together collecting crabs. The next...
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