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Johnny Chang is an internee at Loveday whom Dr. Ibaraki knew during his time in Broome. He is Australian-born, with one Chinese parent and one Japanese parent, and he was a pillar of the Broome community. During his time at the camp, Johnny believes that he has been wrongfully interned due to his Australian birth status, and he periodically rebels against the camp officers. At one point, he makes an appeal to be released from the camp with some other Australian-born internees, but the appeal is rejected. Johnny makes a huge impact on Dr. Ibaraki by holding Ibaraki accountable for his neglectful treatment of Stanley Suzuki after Stanley’s suicide attempt. By the end of their time in the internment camp, Johnny and Ibaraki are good friends.
Johnny Chang Quotes in After Darkness
The After Darkness quotes below are all either spoken by Johnny Chang or refer to Johnny Chang. 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 1: South Australia, 1942
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Johnny Chang [….] was known to everybody and moved among the Japanese, Chinese, native, and even white population with ease. His father was a Chinese immigrant who’d made a modest fortune on the goldfields and moved to Broome to start a restaurant, eventually marrying the Japanese daughter of a laundry owner.
It was strange I hadn’t recognised Johnny straight away. Perhaps it was the difference in his attitude. In Broome, he’s always been easygoing, but here it was as if he were another man.
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Chapter 3: Loveday, 1942
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“You think I don’t know that? I’m more than happy to do my fair share. But they’ve got the boys in our tent doing everything—all the shit jobs that they don’t want to do. Just because we’re not like them. Because we don’t kiss their arse, worship their god, bow to their emperor. Tell me something: is your guy helping you out with the work?”
Chapter 6: Loveday, 1942
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All at once it became clear: this was part of Johnny’s plan to create havoc at camp. Due to jealousy or some personal vendetta, Johnny wanted to bring down the leaders of our compound, and he had somehow convinced Stan that Yamada was to blame for his attack. For all I knew, Stan might have inflicted the wound on himself.
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Johnny Chang Quotes in After Darkness
The After Darkness quotes below are all either spoken by Johnny Chang or refer to Johnny Chang. 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 1: South Australia, 1942
Quotes
Johnny Chang [….] was known to everybody and moved among the Japanese, Chinese, native, and even white population with ease. His father was a Chinese immigrant who’d made a modest fortune on the goldfields and moved to Broome to start a restaurant, eventually marrying the Japanese daughter of a laundry owner.
It was strange I hadn’t recognised Johnny straight away. Perhaps it was the difference in his attitude. In Broome, he’s always been easygoing, but here it was as if he were another man.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 3: Loveday, 1942
Quotes
“You think I don’t know that? I’m more than happy to do my fair share. But they’ve got the boys in our tent doing everything—all the shit jobs that they don’t want to do. Just because we’re not like them. Because we don’t kiss their arse, worship their god, bow to their emperor. Tell me something: is your guy helping you out with the work?”
Chapter 6: Loveday, 1942
Quotes
All at once it became clear: this was part of Johnny’s plan to create havoc at camp. Due to jealousy or some personal vendetta, Johnny wanted to bring down the leaders of our compound, and he had somehow convinced Stan that Yamada was to blame for his attack. For all I knew, Stan might have inflicted the wound on himself.
