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Chris is Jay and Emily’s brother and the son of Jay’s dad and Jay’s mom. Chris is the oldest of the three siblings and ended up going to Harvard before becoming an engineer. Jay feels pressure to live up to his older brother and was disappointed to be rejected from Harvard. Jay doesn’t talk to Chris much, because Chris is often busy with his new boyfriend.
Chris Quotes in Patron Saints of Nothing
The Patron Saints of Nothing quotes below are all either spoken by Chris or refer to Chris. 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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He sighs. “It is a shame. When your kuya was first starting to speak, I said to your tatay, ‘You must teach him Tagalog and Bikol,’ and do you know what your tatay said to me?”
“No,” I respond, not wanting to know.
“‘The boy does not need to be confused,’” he says in a feminine, mock-American accent meant to imitate my dad. “‘Christian will be going to America, so he needs only good English.’” He lets out a sarcastic laugh. “And what is the result? None of his children knows their mother tongue. And if you do not know your mother tongue, you cannot know your mother. And if you do not know your mother, you do not understand who you are.”
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Chris Quotes in Patron Saints of Nothing
The Patron Saints of Nothing quotes below are all either spoken by Chris or refer to Chris. 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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He sighs. “It is a shame. When your kuya was first starting to speak, I said to your tatay, ‘You must teach him Tagalog and Bikol,’ and do you know what your tatay said to me?”
“No,” I respond, not wanting to know.
“‘The boy does not need to be confused,’” he says in a feminine, mock-American accent meant to imitate my dad. “‘Christian will be going to America, so he needs only good English.’” He lets out a sarcastic laugh. “And what is the result? None of his children knows their mother tongue. And if you do not know your mother tongue, you cannot know your mother. And if you do not know your mother, you do not understand who you are.”
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