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Mr. Turvey (“Mr. Topsy”)
A Tollington villager whose wife Mrs. Christmas soon dies of cancer. He remonstrates Anita and Meena for screaming in the entry by his house and threatens to talk to their mothers about it. He is also mentally unstable, as he leaves his wife’s body in the house for weeks after she has died. He dies three weeks after his wife.
Mr. Christmas Quotes in Anita and Me
The Anita and Me quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Christmas or refer to Mr. Christmas. 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 3
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But to be told off by a white person, especially a neighbour, that was not just misbehaviour, that was letting down the whole Indian nation. It was continually drummed into me, ‘Don’t give them a chance to say we’re worse than they already think we are. You prove you are better. Always.’
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Mr. Christmas Quotes in Anita and Me
The Anita and Me quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Christmas or refer to Mr. Christmas. 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 3
Quotes
But to be told off by a white person, especially a neighbour, that was not just misbehaviour, that was letting down the whole Indian nation. It was continually drummed into me, ‘Don’t give them a chance to say we’re worse than they already think we are. You prove you are better. Always.’
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