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Demus is a young Rastafarian gang member recruited by Josey to assist in the shooting at the Singer’s house. He is initially horrified at the prospect of shooting the Singer, convinced that this will get him sent to hell. However, he allows himself to be plied with cocaine and persuaded that shooting the Singer is actually an important and necessary act. He dies after the attack on the Singer’s house, and in the afterlife encounters a group of Rastas dressed in white who lead him through a solemn procession and hang him as punishment for his involvement in shooting the Singer.
Demus Quotes in A Brief History of Seven Killings
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Part 1, Chapter 8
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Nobody who kill a police going to hell but is something else to kill the singer. I let Josey Wales tell me that the Singer is a hypocrite, and he playing both sides taking everybody for idiot. I let Josey Wales tell me that he have bigger plans and is high time we done be ghetto stooge for white man who live uptown and don’t care about we until election time. I let Josey Wales tell me that the Singer is a PNP stooge who bow for the Prime Minister. I let Josey Wales tell me to shoot up three more line and I won’t care who.
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Demus Quotes in A Brief History of Seven Killings
The A Brief History of Seven Killings quotes below are all either spoken by Demus or refer to Demus. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1, Chapter 8
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Nobody who kill a police going to hell but is something else to kill the singer. I let Josey Wales tell me that the Singer is a hypocrite, and he playing both sides taking everybody for idiot. I let Josey Wales tell me that he have bigger plans and is high time we done be ghetto stooge for white man who live uptown and don’t care about we until election time. I let Josey Wales tell me that the Singer is a PNP stooge who bow for the Prime Minister. I let Josey Wales tell me to shoot up three more line and I won’t care who.
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