Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Dissatisfaction and Injustice Quotes

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Quote #4

In the car pool Mrs. Gibson let Becky have a seat by the window. Audrey and Elliott got seats by the window too (4).

Notice the language Viorst uses. The adult "gives" a seat to Audrey, and Elliott also receives something. But Alexander? Nope. Nada. Nothing. Zilch.

Oh, the humanity!

Quote #5

Guess whose mother forgot to put in dessert? (10)

Oooof course.

Quote #6

On the way downstairs the elevator door closed on my foot and while we were waiting for my mom to go get the car Anthony made me fall where it was muddy and then when I started crying because of the mud Nick said I was a crybaby and while I was punching Nick for saying crybaby my mom came back with the car and scolded me for being muddy and fighting. (15-16)

This is pretty much the pinnacle of Alexander's suffering. The run-on sentence is more than you could say in a single breath, emphasizing just how exhausting all this injustice really is.