How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
It was embarrassing, having your girlfriend provide for you. (33.20)
Poor Mike. As we said, he has such a hard time being male and is humiliated when Pella picks up the tab for dinner. How will he ever survive?
Quote #8
"Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man. And he is only completely a man when he plays." (46.32)
The men on the baseball team are unable to separate the sport from what they believe is the sheer force of masculinity required to play it. If anyone had to quit the team, say because of injury, would he be thought of as less of a man?