Erasure

by

Percival Everett

Korean Man Character Analysis

The Korean man owns a convenience store in Los Angeles. Go claims the man wrongfully accused him of stealing. After Go gets his hands on a gun, he heads to the Korean man’s store with plans to rob him but ultimately ends up shooting and killing him, leading to a climactic police chase at the end of My Pafology.

Korean Man Quotes in Erasure

The Erasure quotes below are all either spoken by Korean Man or refer to Korean Man. 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:
Race and Identity  Theme Icon
).
My Pafology: Tin Quotes

I looks up and see the cameras. I get kicked again while I’m bein pulled to my feet. But I dont care. The cameras is pointin at me. I be on the TV. The cameras be full of me. I on TV. I say, “Hey, Mama.” I say, “Hey, Baby Girl. Look at me. I on TV.”

Related Characters: Van Go Jenkins (speaker), Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, Stagg R. Leigh, Clareece Jenkins (Go’s Mother / Mama), Korean Man, Tardreece/Baby Girl
Page Number: 131
Explanation and Analysis:
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Korean Man Quotes in Erasure

The Erasure quotes below are all either spoken by Korean Man or refer to Korean Man. 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:
Race and Identity  Theme Icon
).
My Pafology: Tin Quotes

I looks up and see the cameras. I get kicked again while I’m bein pulled to my feet. But I dont care. The cameras is pointin at me. I be on the TV. The cameras be full of me. I on TV. I say, “Hey, Mama.” I say, “Hey, Baby Girl. Look at me. I on TV.”

Related Characters: Van Go Jenkins (speaker), Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, Stagg R. Leigh, Clareece Jenkins (Go’s Mother / Mama), Korean Man, Tardreece/Baby Girl
Page Number: 131
Explanation and Analysis: