Miracle's Boy Quotes

In the novel “miracle’s boys” the narrator Lafayette and his oldest brother TY’ree both feel like it was their fault that their mom and dad died. TY’ree’s younger brother Charlie blames Lafayette for his mother Milagros’s death. These experiences make Charlie feel left out because he barely spends time with his mom and dad.
Ty’ree feels that it is his fault that his father died because he told him to save the dog and the woman that were drowning in the cold pond. An example from the text to support my claim is “You gotta help them daddy Ty’ree said out of breath Daddy that dog.” Another example from the text is”Cause I wanted a stupid dog! Ty’ree said I wanted a dog more than anything in the world, and because of it I lost my dad.” One last example to support this claim is” I wanted to make believe I wasn’t there. Figured if nobody talked about it, I wouldn’t go around blaming myself’ cause I had told daddy to help them.” These quotes from the text show that Ty’ree believes that it was his fault that his father had died of hypothermia because he told him to save them in the pond.
Lafayette believes that it is his fault that his mother died. A quote from the text to support this claim is” She told me to call 911 I was crying. I couldn’t go at first. I wanted to stay there with mama. But then you went Ty’ree said I looked up at
An example from the text is” Sundays were me and daddies time. The thing is Ty’ree said Charlie wasn’t there for any of it-for Daddy, for mama. And it’s made him mad. Mad and helpless.” Another quote from the text is Charlie got the biggest money on his back.”One last quote from the text is “Charlie didn’t want anything from them . . . I don’t think. I mean, maybe he just wanted them-maybe he wanted daddy to take him to the park and you and mama to let him help with stuff.” These quotes show that Charlie felt left