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Mr. Dalton is a character in My Pafology. He is a wealthy Black man who Go briefly works for as a favor from Go’s mother’s friend Lois, who works as Mr. Dalton’s housekeeper. Mr. Dalton is based on a character of the same name from Richard Wright’s novel Native Son, which My Pafology parodies. Mr. Dalton’s wealth amazes Go, who didn’t know a Black man could be so successful. However, Go ultimately turns on his employer, walking off the job after raping Dalton’s daughter Penelope.
Mr. Dalton Quotes in Erasure
The Erasure quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Dalton or refer to Mr. Dalton. 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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My Pafology: Sex
Quotes
“You live around here, Van?” Roger asked. “What is this? Compton?”
I don’t say nothin. I just glance at them in the mirror. They starin out the windows like we in Jungleland or some shit. Like we at Dissyland in that fuckin submarine. Niggers on the street be lookin at me drivin this fine car and I feels cool till I remember that I’m in the front by myself and them two bitches be in the back and I be lookin like some flunky-ass chaffeur.
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Mr. Dalton Quotes in Erasure
The Erasure quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Dalton or refer to Mr. Dalton. 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:
).
My Pafology: Sex
Quotes
“You live around here, Van?” Roger asked. “What is this? Compton?”
I don’t say nothin. I just glance at them in the mirror. They starin out the windows like we in Jungleland or some shit. Like we at Dissyland in that fuckin submarine. Niggers on the street be lookin at me drivin this fine car and I feels cool till I remember that I’m in the front by myself and them two bitches be in the back and I be lookin like some flunky-ass chaffeur.
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