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Babo works as a janitor at the same psychiatric hospital as Dr. Hovaugh, where Lone Ranger, Hawkeye, Ishmael, and Robinson Crusoe escape from. She is a Black woman and during interrogation from Sergeant Cereno, she makes unusual claims, like that the escaped Indians might be centuries old and might be women instead of men.
Babo Quotes in Green Grass, Running Water
The Green Grass, Running Water quotes below are all either spoken by Babo or refer to Babo. 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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Sergeant Cereno leaned back in the chair and slowly swung it from side to side. “All right, Ms. Jones. These four Indians . . . what did they look like?”
“Like I said. They were Indians. Old ones.”
“How old would you say?”
“I don’t know . . . four, five hundred years . . .”
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“Your ancestors were slaves, were they not?” said Dr. Hovaugh.
“Nope,” said Babo. “But some of my folks were enslaved.”
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Babo Quotes in Green Grass, Running Water
The Green Grass, Running Water quotes below are all either spoken by Babo or refer to Babo. 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 1
Quotes
Sergeant Cereno leaned back in the chair and slowly swung it from side to side. “All right, Ms. Jones. These four Indians . . . what did they look like?”
“Like I said. They were Indians. Old ones.”
“How old would you say?”
“I don’t know . . . four, five hundred years . . .”
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 3
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“Your ancestors were slaves, were they not?” said Dr. Hovaugh.
“Nope,” said Babo. “But some of my folks were enslaved.”
