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One of the High Island Council’s five members. Harton is shown to be particularly corrupt, as he usurps the estate of a Nollopian whose family has been banished. At the end of the novel, when Ella is able to find the 32-letter pangram and the Council’s statutes are rescinded, Mangrove resigns and he subsequently attempts suicide.
Harton Mangrove Quotes in Ella Minnow Pea
The Ella Minnow Pea quotes below are all either spoken by Harton Mangrove or refer to Harton Mangrove. 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 17
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All the Council members save Lyttle have tendered their resignations. Immediately thereafter Harton Mangrove attempted suicide with his necktie. It was a clumsy attempt and quickly foiled. Following our excursion to the vault, Lyttle, Tom and I proceeded to the cenotaph, climbed to the top, and with sledgehammers in hand, initiated, in earnest, an act of destructive revisionism.
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Harton Mangrove Quotes in Ella Minnow Pea
The Ella Minnow Pea quotes below are all either spoken by Harton Mangrove or refer to Harton Mangrove. 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 17
Quotes
All the Council members save Lyttle have tendered their resignations. Immediately thereafter Harton Mangrove attempted suicide with his necktie. It was a clumsy attempt and quickly foiled. Following our excursion to the vault, Lyttle, Tom and I proceeded to the cenotaph, climbed to the top, and with sledgehammers in hand, initiated, in earnest, an act of destructive revisionism.
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