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A “distinguished” Gothic novelist and native of Midland City. Beatrice is a guest at the Arts Festival in Midland City, although Vonnegut has little respect for her artistically. Vonnegut accuses Beatrice of “joining hands with other old-fashioned storytellers to make people believe that life had leading characters, minor characters, significant details, insignificant details, that it had lessons to be learned, tests to be passed, and a beginning, a middle, and an end.” Beatrice represents traditional storytelling, the very thing Vonnegut vows to “shun.”
Beatrice Keedsler Quotes in Breakfast of Champions
The Breakfast of Champions quotes below are all either spoken by Beatrice Keedsler or refer to Beatrice Keedsler. 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 19
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I had no respect whatsoever for the creative works of either the painter or the novelist. I thought Karabekian with his meaningless pictures had entered into a conspiracy with millionaires to make poor people feel stupid. I thought Beatrice Keedsler had joined hands with other old-fashioned storytellers to make people believe that life had leading characters, minor characters, significant details, insignificant details, that it had lessons to be learned, tests to be passed, and a beginning, a middle, and an end.
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Beatrice Keedsler Character Timeline in Breakfast of Champions
The timeline below shows where the character Beatrice Keedsler appears in Breakfast of Champions. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 18
...the mental institution. Dwayne is deep in thought, and he doesn’t notice when two artists, Beatrice Keedsler, a Gothic novelist, and Rabo Karabekian, a minimalist painter, enter the bar. “This has...
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Chapter 19
Beatrice Keedsler is “dismayed” that Rabo has been paid so much money. Still, she hides her...
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...seems, has “entered into a conspiracy with millionaires to make poor people feel stupid,” and Beatrice has “joined hands with other old-fashioned storytellers” who believe life, like literature, has “lessons to...
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Chapter 23
Rabo Karabekian and Beatrice Keedsler try to intervene, but Dwayne attacks them as well. “Never hit a woman, right?”...
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