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Johnny Chang
Harada is Dr. Ibaraki’s friend from Broome. Ibaraki reunites with him at the Loveday internment camp, where Harada is very sick with tuberculosis. Harada, who originally had a wife and kids in Japan, has a 20-year relationship with an Aboriginal woman named Minnie from Broome. Ibaraki admires Harada’s ability to prioritize love over honor.
Harada Quotes in After Darkness
The After Darkness quotes below are all either spoken by Harada or refer to Harada. 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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Chapter 13: Loveday, 1942
Quotes
I thought about the situation with Kayoko. I had sent her two letters from Broome, telling her of the new life I had begun in Australia, but I never got a reply. After that, I gave up, convinced she never wanted to hear from me again. But perhaps I had stopped writing too quickly. Perhaps I had not written what she wanted to hear. I tried to think of what Harada would have done. Surely he would have fought for her, even at the risk of shaming himself. Honour, duty, pride—Harada would have sacrificed all those things for the woman he loved.
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Harada Quotes in After Darkness
The After Darkness quotes below are all either spoken by Harada or refer to Harada. 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:
).
Chapter 13: Loveday, 1942
Quotes
I thought about the situation with Kayoko. I had sent her two letters from Broome, telling her of the new life I had begun in Australia, but I never got a reply. After that, I gave up, convinced she never wanted to hear from me again. But perhaps I had stopped writing too quickly. Perhaps I had not written what she wanted to hear. I tried to think of what Harada would have done. Surely he would have fought for her, even at the risk of shaming himself. Honour, duty, pride—Harada would have sacrificed all those things for the woman he loved.
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