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Gloria Davenport
A successful scientist, father of Celestial, and husband to Gloria. He met Gloria while still married to his first wife; the two had a relationship for three years before Franklin filed for divorce in order to marry Gloria. As a young man he taught chemistry and performed experiments in his basement, eventually inventing a chemical that prevented orange juice from separating. His subsequent financial success allowed his family to rise in social class. He sides with Roy when Celestial tells him she’s leaving her husband for Andre.
Franklin Davenport Quotes in An American Marriage
The An American Marriage quotes below are all either spoken by Franklin Davenport or refer to Franklin Davenport. 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 2, Chapter 2
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“I’m ready. But I can’t lie. Sometimes I feel guilty as hell for just being able to live my life.”
I didn’t have to tell him that I understood, because he knew that I did. There should be a word for this, the way it feels to steal something that’s already yours.
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Part 2, Chapter 10
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Now Mr. Davenport was loyal to Roy above his own daughter. In a way, the whole black race was loyal to Roy, a man just down from the cross.
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Franklin Davenport Quotes in An American Marriage
The An American Marriage quotes below are all either spoken by Franklin Davenport or refer to Franklin Davenport. 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:
).
Part 2, Chapter 2
Quotes
“I’m ready. But I can’t lie. Sometimes I feel guilty as hell for just being able to live my life.”
I didn’t have to tell him that I understood, because he knew that I did. There should be a word for this, the way it feels to steal something that’s already yours.
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Part 2, Chapter 10
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Now Mr. Davenport was loyal to Roy above his own daughter. In a way, the whole black race was loyal to Roy, a man just down from the cross.
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