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Barry is a friend of Mick’s and Cookie’s brother. He and Mick met when both were activists in the A.I.M. Although Mick quit after Cookie’s death, Barry stayed on. He and Mick remain friends until after Mick’s death, and Barry comes to the funeral where he gives Lisa deeper insight into her uncle’s life.
Barry Quotes in Monkey Beach
The Monkey Beach quotes below are all either spoken by Barry or refer to Barry. 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 2: The Song of Your Breath
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“Cookie got kicked out of three residential schools. At the last one—guess she was fourteen then—this nun kept picking on her, trying to make her act like a lady. Cookie finally got sick of it and started shouting, ‘You honkies want women to be like cookies, all sweet and dainty and easy to eat. But I’m fry bread, bitch, and I’m proud of it.’” He laughed and shook his head “She always had to be right. When I was losing an argument and wanted to piss her off, I’d call her Cookie and it stuck.”
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Barry Quotes in Monkey Beach
The Monkey Beach quotes below are all either spoken by Barry or refer to Barry. 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 2: The Song of Your Breath
Quotes
“Cookie got kicked out of three residential schools. At the last one—guess she was fourteen then—this nun kept picking on her, trying to make her act like a lady. Cookie finally got sick of it and started shouting, ‘You honkies want women to be like cookies, all sweet and dainty and easy to eat. But I’m fry bread, bitch, and I’m proud of it.’” He laughed and shook his head “She always had to be right. When I was losing an argument and wanted to piss her off, I’d call her Cookie and it stuck.”
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