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One of Ray’s coworkers at the warehouse. Although they work in the same position, Bernie is enthusiastic about acquiring sleepers to complete a pool area in his backyard, suggesting he puts more effort into his life than Ray despite having similarly scant financial resources. He provides Ray with advice on how to successfully steal sleepers, but Ray reacts with characteristic indifference.
Bernie Quotes in Sleepers
The Sleepers quotes below are all either spoken by Bernie or refer to Bernie. 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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Sleepers
Quotes
“I guess,” said Ray. Inside the opaque layers of shrink-wrapped plastic on the pallet, he could see stacked ornamental Buddha statues. It was like gazing into a submerged shipwreck, crammed full of calmly waiting monks.
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Ray lifted his knife and sliced through plastic, breathing in the chemical, sealed breath of some factory floor in China.
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Bernie Quotes in Sleepers
The Sleepers quotes below are all either spoken by Bernie or refer to Bernie. 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:
).
Sleepers
Quotes
“I guess,” said Ray. Inside the opaque layers of shrink-wrapped plastic on the pallet, he could see stacked ornamental Buddha statues. It was like gazing into a submerged shipwreck, crammed full of calmly waiting monks.
[…]
Ray lifted his knife and sliced through plastic, breathing in the chemical, sealed breath of some factory floor in China.
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
