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Odette
Wilner is Odette’s partner. Wilner and Odette are part of a group of Haitian refugees fleeing the massacre in the Dominican Republic. Wilner is spotted and murdered by Dominican soldiers while attempting to cross a river with a group of Haitians. Wilner’s demise haunts the surviving characters after they resettle in Haiti, illustrating how death has an enduring and powerful influence over the living.
Wilner Quotes in The Farming of Bones
The The Farming of Bones quotes below are all either spoken by Wilner or refer to Wilner. 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 28
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“This is their country. Let them find the border themselves. They can go to any village in these mountains, and the people will welcome them.”
[…] The sisters would not have as many obstacles as we would in Dajabón. If they were asked to say “perejil,” they could say it with ease. In most of our mouths, their names would be tinged with or even translated into Kreyòl, the way the name of Doloritas’ man slid towards the Spanish each time she evoked him.
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Wilner Quotes in The Farming of Bones
The The Farming of Bones quotes below are all either spoken by Wilner or refer to Wilner. 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 28
Quotes
“This is their country. Let them find the border themselves. They can go to any village in these mountains, and the people will welcome them.”
[…] The sisters would not have as many obstacles as we would in Dajabón. If they were asked to say “perejil,” they could say it with ease. In most of our mouths, their names would be tinged with or even translated into Kreyòl, the way the name of Doloritas’ man slid towards the Spanish each time she evoked him.
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