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Señora Valencia, who is married to Señor Pico, is Amabelle’s boss in the Dominican Republic. She and Amabelle grew up together, and often disregarded their class boundaries in order to play together as children; moreover, both lost their mothers at a young ageSeñora Valencia’s mother died in childbirthand learned to cope with grief and loss. Señora Valencia and Amabelle are not only separated by class, but also by national identity. Despite their close, nearly familial relationship, Señora Valencia is a wealthy Dominican woman with family ties to the government, whereas Amabelle is actively targeted for her Haitian identity. Señora Valencia’s affection for Amabelle cannot, ultimately, overcome the rising tide of racism and persecution, and Amabelle is forced to lie to Señora Valencia in order to run away. Amabelle’s innocent betrayal of Señora Valencia illustrates how one’s identity sometimes takes precedence over longstanding relationships. Amabelle eventually returns to the Dominican Republic after the violence and reunites briefly with Señora Valencia. Señora Valencia does not recognize her, leading Amabelle to doubt the strength of their bond and question her shifting conception of home.
Señora Valencia Quotes in The Farming of Bones
The The Farming of Bones quotes below are all either spoken by Señora Valencia or refer to Señora Valencia. 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
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“And my daughter favors you,” she said. “My daughter is a chameleon. She’s taken your color from the mere sight of your face.” […] “Amabelle do you think my daughter will always be the color she is now?” Senora Valencia asked. “My poor love, what if she’s mistaken for one of your people?”
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Chapter 8
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Señor Pico Duarte bore the name of one of the fathers of Dominican independence […] His eyes lingered on his son, his heir […]“I will name him Rafael, for the Generalissimo,” he said as Juana reswaddled the children even more securely than before. The señora agreed to this name with a coy nod. And so the boy became Rafael like the Generalissimo, the president of the republic.
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Señora Valencia Quotes in The Farming of Bones
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Chapter 2
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“And my daughter favors you,” she said. “My daughter is a chameleon. She’s taken your color from the mere sight of your face.” […] “Amabelle do you think my daughter will always be the color she is now?” Senora Valencia asked. “My poor love, what if she’s mistaken for one of your people?”
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Chapter 8
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Señor Pico Duarte bore the name of one of the fathers of Dominican independence […] His eyes lingered on his son, his heir […]“I will name him Rafael, for the Generalissimo,” he said as Juana reswaddled the children even more securely than before. The señora agreed to this name with a coy nod. And so the boy became Rafael like the Generalissimo, the president of the republic.
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