Normal People
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1. January 2011 2. Three Weeks Later (February 2011) 3. One Month Later (March 2011) 4. Six Weeks Later (April 2011) 5. Two Days Later (April 2011) 6. Four Months Later (August 2011) 7. Three Months Later (November 2011) 8. Three Months Later (February 2012) 9. Two Months Later (April 2012) 10. Three Months Later (July 2012) 11. Six Weeks Later (September 2012) 12. Four Months Later (January 2013) 13. Six Months Later (July 2013) 14. Five Months Later (December 2013) 15. Three Months Later (March 2014) 16. Four Months Later (July 2014) 17. Five Minutes Later (July 2014) 18. Seven Months Later (February 2015)
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All Themes Love, Inexperience, and Emotional Intensity Identity, Insecurity, and Social Status Miscommunication and Assumptions Money, Class, and Entitlement
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Characters
All Characters Marianne Connell Lorraine (Connell’s Mother) Eric Rob Rachel Alan (Marianne’s Brother) Denise (Marianne’s Mother) Joanna Peggy Jamie Lukas Niall Miss Neary Helen Sadie
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Normal People

by

Sally Rooney
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Peggy Character Analysis

Peggy is one of Marianne’s friends at Trinity College in Dublin. She’s opinionated and judgmental, but Marianne spends a lot of time with her throughout her first years in college, especially since Peggy considers herself Marianne’s best friend. Eventually, though, Peggy takes Jamie’s side when Marianne breaks up with him, and though it upsets Marianne to lose Peggy as a friend, both Joanna and Connell hint that they never liked her anyway.

Peggy Quotes in Normal People

The Normal People quotes below are all either spoken by Peggy or refer to Peggy. 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:
Love, Inexperience, and Emotional Intensity Theme Icon
).
9. Two Months Later (April 2012) Quotes

She comes to sit down with him and he touches her cheek. He has a terrible sense all of a sudden that he could hit her face, very hard even, and she would just sit there and let him. The idea frightens him so badly that he pulls his chair back and stands up. His hands are shaking. He doesn't know why he thought about it. Maybe he wants to do it. But it makes him feel sick.

Related Characters: Marianne, Connell, Peggy
Love, Inexperience, and Emotional Intensity Theme Icon
Identity, Insecurity, and Social Status Theme Icon
Miscommunication and Assumptions Theme Icon
Page Number: 109
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Peggy Quotes in Normal People

The Normal People quotes below are all either spoken by Peggy or refer to Peggy. 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:
Love, Inexperience, and Emotional Intensity Theme Icon
).
9. Two Months Later (April 2012) Quotes

She comes to sit down with him and he touches her cheek. He has a terrible sense all of a sudden that he could hit her face, very hard even, and she would just sit there and let him. The idea frightens him so badly that he pulls his chair back and stands up. His hands are shaking. He doesn't know why he thought about it. Maybe he wants to do it. But it makes him feel sick.

Related Characters: Marianne, Connell, Peggy
Love, Inexperience, and Emotional Intensity Theme Icon
Identity, Insecurity, and Social Status Theme Icon
Miscommunication and Assumptions Theme Icon
Page Number: 109
Explanation and Analysis:
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