Arthur is Francisco’s classmate in the first grade. Arthur knows a little Spanish, so Francisco is happy in his company since he finally has someone he can talk to (at this point, Francisco doesn’t speak English). However, their teacher, Miss Scalapino, happens to overhear them talking in Spanish one day, and she emphatically forbids it. Arthur begins avoiding Francisco whenever she is around.
Arthur Quotes in The Circuit
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Inside Out
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But when I spoke to Arthur in Spanish and Miss Scalapino heard me, she said “NO!” with body and soul. Her head turned left and right a hundred times a second and her index finger moved from side to side as fast as a windshield wiper on a rainy day. “English, English,” she repeated. Arthur avoided me whenever she was around.
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Arthur Quotes in The Circuit
The The Circuit quotes below are all either spoken by Arthur or refer to Arthur. 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:
).
Inside Out
Quotes
But when I spoke to Arthur in Spanish and Miss Scalapino heard me, she said “NO!” with body and soul. Her head turned left and right a hundred times a second and her index finger moved from side to side as fast as a windshield wiper on a rainy day. “English, English,” she repeated. Arthur avoided me whenever she was around.
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