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The Middle Brother
Dong-ho’s father is married to Dong-ho’s mother, and he is a parent to the older brother, the middle brother, and Dong-ho himself. The novel generally suggests that Dong-ho’s father is sweet and reserved, not getting swept into either grief or protest to the same extent that his wife does. Dong-ho’s father falls sick and dies in the late 1990s, making his wife a widow.
Dong-ho’s Father Quotes in Human Acts
The Human Acts quotes below are all either spoken by Dong-ho’s Father or refer to Dong-ho’s Father. 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 6: The Boy’s Mother, 2010
Quotes
“I don’t like summer but I like summer nights”: that was something you came out with the year you turned eight. I liked the sound of those words, and I remember thinking to myself, he’ll be a poet. Times when you three boys sat out on the bench in the yard, sharing watermelon with your father on hot summer nights. When your tongue groped for the sticky sweet remnants smeared around your mouth.
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Dong-ho’s Father Quotes in Human Acts
The Human Acts quotes below are all either spoken by Dong-ho’s Father or refer to Dong-ho’s Father. 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 6: The Boy’s Mother, 2010
Quotes
“I don’t like summer but I like summer nights”: that was something you came out with the year you turned eight. I liked the sound of those words, and I remember thinking to myself, he’ll be a poet. Times when you three boys sat out on the bench in the yard, sharing watermelon with your father on hot summer nights. When your tongue groped for the sticky sweet remnants smeared around your mouth.
Related Characters:
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Explanation and Analysis:
