The eldest of John Wheelwright’s rambunctious cousins, Noah is three years older than John. He and his brother, Simon, are essentially good-natured, but they are extremely rowdy and competitive as children, and they lord their greater age and strength over their younger sister, Hester. Noah struggles with the demanding academics of Gravesend Academy and had to repeat his freshman year. He later goes into the Peace Corps to avoid going to Vietnam.
Noah Eastman Quotes in A Prayer for Owen Meany
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Chapter 2
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I think [Hester] was up against a stacked deck from the start, and that everything she would become began for her when Noah and Simon made me kiss her—because they made it clear that kissing Hester was punishment, the penalty part of the game; to have to kiss Hester meant you had lost.
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Noah Eastman Quotes in A Prayer for Owen Meany
The A Prayer for Owen Meany quotes below are all either spoken by Noah Eastman or refer to Noah Eastman. 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 2
Quotes
I think [Hester] was up against a stacked deck from the start, and that everything she would become began for her when Noah and Simon made me kiss her—because they made it clear that kissing Hester was punishment, the penalty part of the game; to have to kiss Hester meant you had lost.
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