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Bubu is Adah and Francis’s third child, a son, whom Adah has by emergency C-section in London. He’s a strong, healthy baby, and the nurses on the maternity ward nickname him “Muhammed Ali.” The C-section convinces Adah of the dangers of having more children, leading her to seek contraception—secretly, when Francis refuses to cooperate—and, later, to seek abortifacient pills when she gets pregnant again.
Bubu Quotes in Second Class Citizen
The Second Class Citizen quotes below are all either spoken by Bubu or refer to Bubu. 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 8: Role Acceptance
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Francis was so happy and was coming over to her cane chair, kissing her very, very softly, telling her how virtuous she was and how he now was the lord and master of several farms, miles and miles around. What more could a man want than a virtuous wife like her who had helped him achieve all this?
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Chapter 9: Learning the Rules
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“I brought my children here to save them from the clutches of your family, and, God help me, they are going back as different people; never, never are they going to be the type of person you are. My sons will learn to treat their wives as people, individuals, not like goats that have been taught to talk.”
Chapter 10: Applying the Rules
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If we humans could rationalise about dates and all that, she believed that God, who made the humans who could rationalise and come to terms with things, would be able to rationalise still more. So, having equipped herself with this idea, she did not share Mrs Noble’s distress. The long and short of it was that she had no money for Christmas; God would understand.
Chapter 11: Population Control
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Why was it necessary to have a husband brought into an issue like this? Could not the woman be given the opportunity of exercising her own will? Whatever happened, she was not going to have any more children.
Chapter 13: The Ditch Pull
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Francis could kill her child. She could forgive him all he had done before, but not this.
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Bubu Quotes in Second Class Citizen
The Second Class Citizen quotes below are all either spoken by Bubu or refer to Bubu. 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 8: Role Acceptance
Quotes
Francis was so happy and was coming over to her cane chair, kissing her very, very softly, telling her how virtuous she was and how he now was the lord and master of several farms, miles and miles around. What more could a man want than a virtuous wife like her who had helped him achieve all this?
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Chapter 9: Learning the Rules
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“I brought my children here to save them from the clutches of your family, and, God help me, they are going back as different people; never, never are they going to be the type of person you are. My sons will learn to treat their wives as people, individuals, not like goats that have been taught to talk.”
Chapter 10: Applying the Rules
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If we humans could rationalise about dates and all that, she believed that God, who made the humans who could rationalise and come to terms with things, would be able to rationalise still more. So, having equipped herself with this idea, she did not share Mrs Noble’s distress. The long and short of it was that she had no money for Christmas; God would understand.
Chapter 11: Population Control
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Why was it necessary to have a husband brought into an issue like this? Could not the woman be given the opportunity of exercising her own will? Whatever happened, she was not going to have any more children.
Chapter 13: The Ditch Pull
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Francis could kill her child. She could forgive him all he had done before, but not this.
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