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Hazel
Hazel’s uncle. Hunca Bubba is planning on getting married soon and can’t stop talking about his future wife. He is also planning on changing his name from Hunca Bubba, a nickname Hazel gave him when she was a child, back to his given name, Jefferson Winston Vale. The latter sounds much more formal and mature, and signals that he is ready to move on to a new phase in his life—one that potentially means drifting away from Hazel as he prepares to start his own family. He adores Hazel but is deeply confused when she gets upset and accuses him of breaking his promise to marry her (something he had said to her as a joke years prior), reminding her, “you just a little girl.” Granddaddy chimes in and adds that it was Hunca Bubba who promised to marry Hazel, and now her uncle is Jefferson Winston Vale, a new man. “That was somebody else. I’m a new somebody,” he agrees. This betrayal wounds Hazel deeply because it comes from someone she loves and trusts—and, of course, she does not yet understand that she cannot actually marry her uncle. Hunca Bubba’s actions cement her belief that children like Hazel and Baby Jason must act in solidarity with each other in order to endure adults’ dishonesty.
Hunca Bubba / Jefferson Winston Vale Quotes in Gorilla, My Love
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Cause I realize that just about anybody in my family is better than this god they always talkin about. My daddy wouldn’t stand for nobody treatin any of us that way. My mama specially.
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“My name is Hazel. And what I mean is you said you were going to marry me when I grew up. You were going to wait. That’s what I mean, my dear Uncle Jefferson.”
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“Well, for cryin out loud, Hazel, you just a little girl. And I was just teasin.”
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“Look here, Precious, it was Hunca Bubba what told you them things. This here, Jefferson Winston Vale.”
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And I’m losin my bearins and don’t even know where to look on the map cause I can’t see for cryin. And Baby Jason cryin too. Cause he is my blood brother and understands that we must stick together or be forever lost, what with grown-ups playin change-up and turnin you round every which way so bad. And don’t even say they sorry.
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Hunca Bubba / Jefferson Winston Vale Quotes in Gorilla, My Love
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Cause I realize that just about anybody in my family is better than this god they always talkin about. My daddy wouldn’t stand for nobody treatin any of us that way. My mama specially.
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“My name is Hazel. And what I mean is you said you were going to marry me when I grew up. You were going to wait. That’s what I mean, my dear Uncle Jefferson.”
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“Well, for cryin out loud, Hazel, you just a little girl. And I was just teasin.”
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“Look here, Precious, it was Hunca Bubba what told you them things. This here, Jefferson Winston Vale.”
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And I’m losin my bearins and don’t even know where to look on the map cause I can’t see for cryin. And Baby Jason cryin too. Cause he is my blood brother and understands that we must stick together or be forever lost, what with grown-ups playin change-up and turnin you round every which way so bad. And don’t even say they sorry.
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