What are the good quotes of book shattered by Eric Walter?

Answer 1

There are many major and minor themes in this novel.

1. "More people are unaware about their surroundings than you might think"-Ian's unawareness of his surroundings; the unknown reasons of why people end up as homeless people; Berta's background; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; The Rwandan Genocide

2. "Stereotypes are just curtains covering over reality"- Stereotypes of people in the novel; Ian is stereotyped as a 'rich kid' in that he acts like a snoot and does not care about others when really he isn't, homeless people are stereotyped as being drug addicts or mentally ill when they really aren't (Jacques became homeless because he developed post Traumatic stress disorder);Berta is stereotyped as being a housekeeper who does things for around the house when she is really like a mother to Ian

3. "Instead of looking back a pressing on the negative things done in life, look at the positives and work on how you can improve the negatives"- Jacques kept on fretting about how many lives he hadn't saved instead of looking at the amount that he had during the Rwandan genocide.

Answer 2

All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing

One death is tragedy. 1 000 000 is a statistic