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Michel is a man who grew up in Port-au-Prince and moves to the US when he is 19. He is depicted at three different stages of his life in the book: once when he is 12 years old (on the day the Duvalier regime ended), once when he is in his 20s and living with Eric and Dany in Papa and Anne’s house in Brooklyn, and once when he is 30, married, and expecting a child. As a child, Michel is troubled by the fact that he is the illegitimate son of Monsieur Christophe, a man in his neighborhood who is powerful due to the fact that he runs a water station. He forms attachments easily; he idolizes Romain, his 18-year-old best and “only” friend, and is in love with several people, including Romain’s aunt Vesta and his own distant cousin, Rosie. Michel’s friendship with Romain ends when Romain disappears on the day the dictatorship ends. He never sees Romain again or knows if he is alive, but he plans to name his son after him.
Michel Quotes in The Dew Breaker
The The Dew Breaker quotes below are all either spoken by Michel or refer to Michel. 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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Monkey Tails: February 7, 1986 / February 7, 2004
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I was twelve years old and, according to my mother, three months before my birth I had lost my father to something my mother would only vaguely describe as “political,” making me part of a generation of mostly fatherless boys, though some of our fathers were still living, even if somewhere else—in the provinces in another country, or across the ally not acknowledging us. A great many of our fathers had also died in the dictatorship’s prisons, and others had abandoned us altogether to serve the regime.
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Michel Quotes in The Dew Breaker
The The Dew Breaker quotes below are all either spoken by Michel or refer to Michel. 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:
).
Monkey Tails: February 7, 1986 / February 7, 2004
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I was twelve years old and, according to my mother, three months before my birth I had lost my father to something my mother would only vaguely describe as “political,” making me part of a generation of mostly fatherless boys, though some of our fathers were still living, even if somewhere else—in the provinces in another country, or across the ally not acknowledging us. A great many of our fathers had also died in the dictatorship’s prisons, and others had abandoned us altogether to serve the regime.
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