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Mrs. Halloway is the Language Arts teacher at Eastham Middle School. She is initially prejudiced against Joseph Brook because she knows that he attacked a teacher at a juvenile facility before his foster placement with the Hurd family. But when she sees him reading intently, she recognizes that she has misjudged him and starts encouraging his love of books. After Joseph is tragically killed, she is among the few people to attend his funeral.
Mrs. Halloway Quotes in Orbiting Jupiter
The Orbiting Jupiter quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Halloway or refer to Mrs. Halloway. 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 3 Quotes
“Joseph,” she said, “we began poorly. Shall we try again?”
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Mrs. Halloway, the language arts teacher at Joseph and Jack’s middle school, was initially wary of Joseph because she had heard that he attacked a teacher while in a juvenile facility. Yet after she sees him reading a novel while bored on “Office Duty,” she approaches him in the hallway, admits that their relationship “began poorly,” and asks to “try again.” Mrs. Halloway is different from vice principal Mr. Canton, who remains prejudiced against Joseph due to his background and troubled past throughout the novel. She is also different from Math teacher Mr. D’Ulney and PE teacher Coach Swieteck, who Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur labori
Chapter 7 Quotes
Mr. Canton had already come by, so full of himself, my mother said, all about how he knew something like this would happen, and kids who come from Stone Mountain are bound to run off, and it’s not our fault, it’s just that’s who Joseph Brook is.
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After a meeting with social worker Mrs. Stroud in which she reveals that Joseph’s daughter Jupiter is being fostered in Brunswick, Maine, Joseph runs away to try to find her. When they realize what has happened, Mr. Hurd and Jack drive out in search of Joseph, but a serious snowstorm drives them back. When they return, Mrs. Hurd informs them that Jack and Joseph’s middle school vice principal, Mr. Canton, came by and told her it “wasn’t [their] fault” that Joseph ran away because it’s “who Joseph Brook is.” Two adults at Jack and Joseph’s middle school, Mr. Canton and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut.
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Mrs. Halloway Character Timeline in Orbiting Jupiter
The timeline below shows where the character Mrs. Halloway appears in Orbiting Jupiter. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...are very conscious that Joseph once tried to kill a teacher—especially the Language Arts teacher Mrs. Halloway . Once, when Joseph was looking at a tiny photo during class, she asked him...
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Chapter 3
...the boys to do. Eventually, Joseph takes Octavian Nothing from his backpack and starts reading. Mrs. Halloway walks into the office and sees him. Then Mr. Canton notices him reading and tells...
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Jack leads Joseph, who is breathing heavily, out of the office. Mrs. Halloway calls Joseph’s name. She says that she thinks she and Joseph got off on the...
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Chapter 5
...suspended for the four days before winter break. All four days after school, Mr. D’Ulney, Mrs. Halloway , and Coach Swieteck come to the Hurds’ farm and give Joseph schoolwork so he...
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Chapter 6
...Mrs. Hurd whether he’ll actually go to college. Mrs. Hurd replies that Mr. D’Ulney and Mrs. Halloway will be angry at the Hurds if he doesn’t. Joseph smiles.
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Chapter 8
...put Joseph in charge of the kids who want to do track and field, and Mrs. Halloway , who saw him reading Walden, talks to him about Thoreau.
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...days later, in the side chapel of First Congregational, Jack counts Mr. D’Ulney, Mr. Canton, Mrs. Halloway , a weeping Coach Swieteck, Mr. Hurd, Mrs. Hurd, the librarian, the Baptist pastor from...
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