Quotation Homework

I can't remember my theme from last week, so I'm going to do  'The Nature of Miracles'.

The nature of miracles theme only really explains itself later on in the book, but here are some quotes from it.

1.  After Tom told Joseph how he got his first silkworms when he was younger:

Tom: "Do you believe in miracles?"
Joseph: "I ... I don't know. Maybe ... I guess so."
Tom: "Don't"
pg. 120

This shows that Tom has been let down by something or someone and is trying in his own way to protect Joseph and from stopping that to happen to him. 

2.  Joseph explaining to Tom what happened/what will happen to his dad late at night:

Joseph: "But you don't believe in miracles, do you?"
Tom: "like water into wine or making the blind see? I don't believe in those kinds of miracles ... but what if ... there are other kinds of miracles?" "Perhaps we have the wrong idea about miracles. Perhaps they're not spectacular at all ... just slow and tedious ..."
pg. 253

Tom is trying to explain to Joseph that he has been out in the world and has seen how different everything is and this shows how miracles are different to what people think they are.

3. Joseph finds Tom on the ground after covering the mulberry tree with the silk cocoons in the early morning:

Tom: "What ... do you think ... of my miracle?"
pg. 260

Just this line explains so much in the book. it tells us how you can't have somebody make a miracle for you, but that you have to push and set yourself a goal, and if you succeed in this goal then this is your miracle.