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Robert is Jacqueline’s uncle and Mama’s brother. Robert moves to New York while the family is living there. Robert is optimistic and generous, and he encourages Jacqueline’s storytelling tendencies. Unfortunately, Robert is also involved in criminal activity, and one day is taken to jail. When Robert is later released, he has converted to Islam.
Uncle Robert Quotes in Brown Girl Dreaming
The Brown Girl Dreaming quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Robert or refer to Uncle Robert. 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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It’s hard to understand
the way my brain works— so different
from everybody around me.
How each new story
I’m told becomes a thing
that happens,
in some other way to me…!
Keep making up stories, my uncle says.
You’re lying, my mother says.
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What’s wrong with you?
Have you lost your mind?
Don’t you know people get arrested
for this?
They’re just words, I whisper.
They’re not trying to hurt anybody!
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Part 5
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Some evenings, I kneel toward Mecca with my uncle.
Maybe Mecca
is the place Leftie goes to in his mind, when
the memory of losing his arm becomes too much. Maybe Mecca is
good memories,
presents and stories and poetry and arroz con pollo
and family and friends…
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Uncle Robert Quotes in Brown Girl Dreaming
The Brown Girl Dreaming quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Robert or refer to Uncle Robert. 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 3
Quotes
It’s hard to understand
the way my brain works— so different
from everybody around me.
How each new story
I’m told becomes a thing
that happens,
in some other way to me…!
Keep making up stories, my uncle says.
You’re lying, my mother says.
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Part 4
Quotes
What’s wrong with you?
Have you lost your mind?
Don’t you know people get arrested
for this?
They’re just words, I whisper.
They’re not trying to hurt anybody!
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Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 5
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Some evenings, I kneel toward Mecca with my uncle.
Maybe Mecca
is the place Leftie goes to in his mind, when
the memory of losing his arm becomes too much. Maybe Mecca is
good memories,
presents and stories and poetry and arroz con pollo
and family and friends…
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