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The nephew of the sweatshop owner for whom Nazneen sews, he is a passionate, pro-Islamic activist and the founder of the Bengal Tigers. At the beginning of his affair with Nazneen, he wears jeans and gym shoes. Later, as he becomes more serious about his advocacy efforts, he trades in his Western clothing for the more traditionally Islamic attire of Punjabi pajamas and a skull cap. Nazneen at first admires Karim’s confidence and swagger, loving him for being everything Chanu is not, but gradually she sees that he is just as out of place in the world as she is, and that their love for one another was always based on fantasy. “We made each other up,” she tells him.
Karim Quotes in Brick Lane
The Brick Lane quotes below are all either spoken by Karim or refer to Karim. 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 11
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It was, Nazneen realized, more complicated than that. Even if Karim was her future, and could not be avoided, there were problems. Happiness, for instance. That would count against her. Because fate must be met with indifference. For the benefit of her angels, she said, “Whichever way, it does not matter.”
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Chapter 16
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“You think that a clothing is just a clothing. But as a matter of fact, it is not. In a place like this it is a serious thing.”
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Chapter 20
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How had she made him? She did not know. She had patched him together, working in the dark. She had made a quilt out of pieces of silk, scraps of velvet, and now that she held it up to the light the stitches showed up large and crude, and they cut across everything.
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Karim Quotes in Brick Lane
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Chapter 11
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It was, Nazneen realized, more complicated than that. Even if Karim was her future, and could not be avoided, there were problems. Happiness, for instance. That would count against her. Because fate must be met with indifference. For the benefit of her angels, she said, “Whichever way, it does not matter.”
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Chapter 16
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“You think that a clothing is just a clothing. But as a matter of fact, it is not. In a place like this it is a serious thing.”
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Chapter 20
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How had she made him? She did not know. She had patched him together, working in the dark. She had made a quilt out of pieces of silk, scraps of velvet, and now that she held it up to the light the stitches showed up large and crude, and they cut across everything.
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