They Cage The Animals At Night Quotes

“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” This is a quote of Robert H. Schuller, a motivational speaker and author, about having hope for a better future. This quote relates to unlucky people because even if one has a very hard life, if one has hope, one can try to build a better future for oneself. Hope was the most profound feeling of Jennings Michael Burch, an unlucky child who could not live with his broken family and had to live with strangers for months at a time. Yet, Jennings held on to the hope inside of him throughout his childhood, even when he wandered the streets of New York alone, and made himself a bright future in the end. Hope is the most important theme in the book They Cage The Animals At Night, a true story about

Jennings reached out to Sister Claire for comfort as his tears fall, “‘Well, you have to be a strong soldier until your mother is better. Alright?’ ‘Alright,’ I said as I started to cry. Sister Claire put both her arms around me and held me” (page 24). Another example of when Jennings was hopeful that his mother would come back is when he is sitting in bed at the Home of The Angels, talking to Doggie, “‘My mother brought me here. She said she’d be right back. . .I guess she got busy doing something else. ‘Cause she really loves me and wants me. . .Yeah! That’s it! She got very busy. She’ll be here soon to take me home, and you can come with me. Would you like that?’” (page 24). Because of Jennings’ realization of the reason his mother left him at the home, he hopes that his mother will come back for him soon. When Jennings says to Doggie “Yeah! That’s it! She got very busy.”, Jennings is trying to avoid the truth that his mother might not come back for him, and he tries to convince himself of something false, because he has so much hope that she will come back for him. When Sister Claire hugs Jennings, she fills him with hope that it’s all going to be okay, even though she doesn’t know what might happen. With the comfort of Doggie and Sister Claire, Jennings has hope that his mother will come back for him, and he holds on to that hope

Jennings says to Mark before Mark is carried off to the hospital, “‘I tried to wait for Sal,’ he whispered. ‘I tried.’ ‘Don’t worry, Mark, wherever they take you, we’ll come for you. ‘Will you?’ he gasped. ‘Oh, yes!. Yes! I promise. We’ll come for you’” (page 208). Mark also gives advice to Jennings when Jennings almost gives up on Sal coming for him, “‘You know, Jennings,’ he said, ‘it’s possible Sal’s still on the road and hasn’t found your note yet.’ ‘Now why didn’t I think of that?’’Cause the lady got you all upset.’ ‘I’ll bet you're right. I’ll bet Sal is still on the road.’ I smiled and squeezed Mark’s arm” (page 202). Because Sal told Jennings that he would eventually come back for him and give him a home, Jennings clings to the hope that Sal will come for him, even though Sal doesn’t know where he is and Sal might not have have the time to care for Jennings. When Jennings says to Mark “Whenever they take you, we’ll come for you” (page 208), Jennings has so much hope that Sal will come for Mark and him, that he doesn’t even think to consider that Sal might not come, and if he does, he might not want to take Mark,