My father says that a journey should always change your life in some way.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1 paragraph N/A)

Importance: These words describe the basic structure of the monomyth, namely that characters go on a journey that changes them in some fundamental way. At this point in the novel, the reader does not know what that journey will be or what the characters will learn, but it sets up the novel as one with dynamic characters who will likely face harsh odds and tough situations and will then learn something they never expected to learn.

Didn’t he see how she made him less of a man than what I knew him to be? But I let the moment pass.
-- Narrator (Chapter 2 paragraph N/A)

Importance: Patson has very little to no respect for his step-mother, Sylvia. The main reason for this lack of respect is the way she treats his father. She does not respect him and tries to get her...