That's right, folks. The loveable and quite nausiating revolutionary teen from Esther Forbes' Newberry Award winning book is a flaming homosexual. I've got more than enough evidence in quotes and pictures to prove it. I apologize in advance if you are a Johnny Tremain fan and actually like this book. Plain fact is, I don't. I had to read it for U.S. History in 8th grade and it eluded no one else in the class except the teacher that Johnny is a fruit. Don't believe me? Consider these following qoutes. All are taken from the 1971 edition reprinted by Dell Publishing (a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.; 666 Fifth Avenue; New Tork, NY - 10103).
- "Fact is, I don't like girls--nor women either!" -Johnny to Mrs. Lapham (The Rising Eye, II, pg. 77)
- "...he was moving in with Rab." -About Johnny (The Boston Observer, I, pg. 94)
- " 'Rab,' said his uncle 'where's Johnny to sleep?' 'With me, of course,'" -Rab to his Uncle when Johnny moves in (TBO, I, pg. 98)
- "Rab was right. There was no point in going off 'half-cocked'" -Johnny thinking (TBO, IV, pg. 110)
A small set of qoutes that appear on the same page (TBO, IV, pg. 111)
- "[Rab] loved to dance, seemingly all the girls loved him and he all the girls. Johnny...noticed with disapproval." -Johnny sour, during a Silsbee party.
- "Johnny spoke...to Rab as they undressed..."
- "...said Rab, pulling off his shirt [pants]"
Now back to your regular fruitiness list.
- "Rab...those boys you promised. Am I one?...But my hand...what will we have to do?" -Johnny, on the subject of something planned... (Salt-Water Tea, IV, pg. 129)
- "...[in] bed next to him, he heard the soft, slow breathing of the older boy." -Johnny's POV, something private! (S-WT, IV, pg. 130)
- "He began to breath in unison with the sleeping boy--so slowly, so softly." -What a freako! (S-WT, IV, pg. 130)
- "He had sewed for hours...he had a fine mop of feathers standing upright in the old knitted cap he would wear on his head." -About Johnny, sounds like he's getting ready for a Village People fan club meet. (S-WT, VI, pg. 132)
- "They were glowing with that dark excitement he had seen but twice before. His lips were parted. His teeth looked sharp and white as an animal's...Rab was grunting out of the side of his mouth..." -About Johnny and Rab, excited! (S-WT, VI, pg. 135)
- "I like to see you stick out your tongue...it's so long and red!" -Johnny, about tongues. (The Fiddler's Bill, I, pg. 145)
- "This incapacity fretted him badly and he would wome times take it out on Rab..." -Johnny, not being able to use his gun. Can you say 'riding whip'? (TFB, II, pg. 146)
- "she had been having such a good time with Rab; and unconsciously...Johnny stiffened. He couldn't see why she and Rab should should be having such a good time [instead of with Johnny]." -Johnny jealous. (TFB, II, pg. 147)
- "'Sit there, like that, Johnny. I'm going to [do] you too. You're easier than Rab.'...'Why am I easier than Rab?'...'Because you're just a child and Rab's grown up!'" -Cilla getting a little evil on Johnny (same page as previous)
- "You! That old man--if he is a man!" -Johnny, angry. Tweedie a transgender? (TFB, II, pg. 148)
- "Mr. Tweedie is clever--although so queer." -Cilla confirming our suspiscions. (TFB, II, pg. 149)
- "But Rab did not say good-bye. He did not even ask her if he might walk home with her to Beacon Hill. He simply went, and Johnny was mad." -Johnny jealous at Cilla, who walks with Rab. He then goes on a fit and cooks eggs, counting every minute for Rab to come home (I'm not kidding) (TFB, II, pg. 150)
- "There's not much to say, I'm making out." -Johnny, telling Madge off for intruding on him and Rab (TFB, IV, pg. 161)
A small set of quotes between Cilla and Johnny, discussing how great Rab is (oh boy).(A World to Come, IV, pg. 182)
- "Rab wouldn't marry you. He's too...too..." -Johnny to Cilla.
- "Wonderful?" -Cilla
- "That was exactly what Johnny had meant. 'He's not like any other boy I ever knew.'" -Cue for sparkly things in Johnny's eyes.
Back to the gay list...
- "'Was it really wormy, Rab?'...'It was.'" -Johnny to Rab, telling him what he thinks. (AWTC, IV, pg. 185)
- "That night, when the boys were bothe in bed..." -About Johnny and Rab, doing their usual night *business*. (AWTC, V, pg. 192)
- "For better or worse, Dove was now his own private property." -Dove's Johnny's bitch! (The Scarlet Deluge, I, pg. 198)
- "Johnny...worshipped him for his skill and...loved him..." -Guess who? Actually, it's about a horse that looks and reminds him of his beloved Rab. (TSD, II, pg. 203)
- "Together at night behind locked doors..." -Random event (TSD, III, pg. 209)
Now to the most blatantly fruity scene in the book, spanning three pages ('Disperse, ye rebels', II, pgs. 218-220)...
- "He could not endure that Rab should leave him: desert him." -Poor Johnny, looks like Rab doesn't love him anymore.
- "He did not seem to feel any grief at abandoning Johnny, who sat disconsolately on his be watching Rab." -Too tragic! Then Johnny goes on to think how strong Rab's teeth are when they tear chucks of bread, crumbs flying everywhere, remembering that was what he ate when they first met (oh my!).
- "The older boy was glowing...He was eighteen, six feet tall and a grown man....He's leaving me--and he doesn't care--thought Johnny [with tears welling up in his eyes]." -Johnny in an emotional moment.
- "'...you don't want me![*sniff*]'...[Johnny] was trying to make him say, 'I'll miss you as much as you'll miss me [and I love you]'" -A teary good-bye (okay, maybe I stretched it a bit).
- "[J:]'You want to go...Well, then--go!'...[R:]'I'm goin' as fast as I'm able,'...[J: Faster!]...Oh, Rab, Rab! ...Don't you go!" -The final parting (boo-hoo, get over it Johnny)
- "There was something about Rab's singing, low, a little husky and not too accurate that always moved Johnny...It was part of that secret [and very, very sexy] fire that came out in fighting, taking chances--and dancing with girls!" -I can't believe this book won the Newberry award.
- "He couldn't let Rab go like that...Why, he might never see Rab again! ...flung himself on his bed and...wished he might cry." -Poor Johnny, our gay little hero.
That's all the gayness up to the point that I read in the book. I skimmed through the rest but I still got an A on my Tremain Test. Not only does the recurring theme of Rab being admired and loved by Johnny show flashy colors of fruitiness, but what kind of book with a guy called 'Hancock' is appropriate for children? It's a lot more fun to read this list to yourself and lisp when Johnny speaks. "It'th tho LONG and redd!" Hope you enjoyed or hated this site completely.
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© 2001 by JKP. I do not own Johnny Tremain, Laurel Leaf Historical Fiction, or anything by Esther Forbes. This web site is a joke. Please treat it as such. I have nothing against homosexuals or Esther Forbes, however I do dislike Johnny Tremain, not because he is gay but because he is stupid.
