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Stanley Suzuki is a 22-year-old internee at Loveday internment camp who has lived in Australia since he was six months old. He is half-Japanese and a friend of Johnny Chang’s. Mr. Yamada and his friends commit a racist attack on Stanley, though Dr. Ibaraki does not believe Yamada is the perpetrator at first. After this attack, Stanley tries to die by suicide. As he heals in the hospital, Stanley and Ibaraki develop a genuine friendship. During the confusion of the dust storm towards the end of the novel, Private Davies shoots and kills Stanley.
Stanley Suzuki Quotes in After Darkness
The After Darkness quotes below are all either spoken by Stanley Suzuki or refer to Stanley Suzuki. 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 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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Chapter 11: Loveday, 1942
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My past failings as a doctor became clear—not just with Stan, but also in Broome and in my previous experience in Japan. I had been wrong to leave the kindness of the human touch to Sister Bernice and others. In keeping my silence, I hadn’t exercised the very quality that makes us human: our capacity to understand each other.
Chapter 16: Loveday, 1942
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Despite my efforts, everything was in ruins. Why could I never do anything right?
Images crowded my mind. Stan, all alone within the kaleidoscope of sheets. Kayoko in the hallway, her luggage at her feet. It was all so clear to me now: somehow, I always failed the people I cared about. [….] As long as I got to the infirmary in time, everything would be all right.
The ceremony was originally intended for only a small group of Stan’s friends—mainly the Australian-born Japanese and me—but that afternoon more than thirty people lined the path that snaked through the garden. For someone so quiet, Stan had many friends.
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Stanley Suzuki Quotes in After Darkness
The After Darkness quotes below are all either spoken by Stanley Suzuki or refer to Stanley Suzuki. 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 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.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 11: Loveday, 1942
Quotes
My past failings as a doctor became clear—not just with Stan, but also in Broome and in my previous experience in Japan. I had been wrong to leave the kindness of the human touch to Sister Bernice and others. In keeping my silence, I hadn’t exercised the very quality that makes us human: our capacity to understand each other.
Chapter 16: Loveday, 1942
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Despite my efforts, everything was in ruins. Why could I never do anything right?
Images crowded my mind. Stan, all alone within the kaleidoscope of sheets. Kayoko in the hallway, her luggage at her feet. It was all so clear to me now: somehow, I always failed the people I cared about. [….] As long as I got to the infirmary in time, everything would be all right.
The ceremony was originally intended for only a small group of Stan’s friends—mainly the Australian-born Japanese and me—but that afternoon more than thirty people lined the path that snaked through the garden. For someone so quiet, Stan had many friends.
