The Man in the High Castle

by

Philip K. Dick

Though he initially poses as a disgruntled Italian truck driver passing through Cannon City, Colorado, Joe is in fact a Swiss Nazi, renowned for his tactical expertise. He is on a mission to assassinate Hawthorne Abendsen. His seduction of Juliana is part of this project; he believes that Juliana is the type of woman Abendsen is usually attracted to, and he hopes that having her in tow will allow him greater access to the Abendsen home. Joe subscribes completely to the “Fascist theory of action,” in which human agency is the all-important determinant of the future. However, even as he emphasizes the importance of acting decisively, his own plan is disrupted by Juliana’s not-quite-intentional murder; when she learns what Joe plans to do to Abendsen, she slits his throat in a daze. Joe’s trajectory—in direct contrast to the teachings of Fascism—thus suggests that human agency is never completely determinative of human reality.

Joe Cinnadella Quotes in The Man in the High Castle

The The Man in the High Castle quotes below are all either spoken by Joe Cinnadella or refer to Joe Cinnadella. 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 6 Quotes

Juliana shut the radio off.

“They’re just babbling,” she said. “Why do they use words like that? Those terrible murderers are talked about as if they were like the rest of us.”

“They are like us,” Joe said. He reseated himself and once more ate. “There isn’t anything they’ve done we wouldn’t have done if we’d been in their places.”

Related Characters: Juliana Frink (speaker), Joe Cinnadella (speaker), Robert Childan, Mr. Wyndham-Matson
Page Number: 89
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Chapter 10 Quotes

“In some ways it’s not a bad book. He works all the details out; the U.S. has the Pacific, about like our East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. They divide Russia. It works for around ten years. Then there’s trouble—naturally.”

“Why naturally?”

“Human nature.” Joe added, "Nature of states. Suspicion, fear, greed. Churchill thinks the U.S.A. is undermining British rule in South Asia by appealing to the large Chinese populations, who naturally are pro-U.S.A., due to Chiang Kai-shek. The British start setting up”—he grinned at her briefly—“what are called ‘detention preserves.’ Concentration camps, in other words. For thousands of maybe disloyal Chinese.”

Related Characters: Joe Cinnadella (speaker), Juliana Frink
Page Number: 169
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Listen, I’m not an intellectual—Fascism has no need of that. What is wanted is the deed. Theory derives from action. What our corporate state demands from us is comprehension of the social forces—of history. You see? I tell you; I know, Juliana.

Related Characters: Joe Cinnadella (speaker), Juliana Frink, Frank Frink , Mr. Baynes/Rudolf Wegener
Page Number: 170
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Chapter 13 Quotes

As they searched for a good hotel, Juliana kept glancing at the man beside her. With his hair short and blond, and in his new clothes, he doesn’t look like the same person, she thought. Do I like him better this way? It was hard to tell. And me—when I’ve been able to arrange for my hair being done, we’ll be two different persons, almost. Created out of nothing or, rather, out of money. But I just must get my hair done, she told herself.

Related Characters: Juliana Frink (speaker), Frank Frink , Joe Cinnadella
Page Number: 216
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Joe Cinnadella Quotes in The Man in the High Castle

The The Man in the High Castle quotes below are all either spoken by Joe Cinnadella or refer to Joe Cinnadella. 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 6 Quotes

Juliana shut the radio off.

“They’re just babbling,” she said. “Why do they use words like that? Those terrible murderers are talked about as if they were like the rest of us.”

“They are like us,” Joe said. He reseated himself and once more ate. “There isn’t anything they’ve done we wouldn’t have done if we’d been in their places.”

Related Characters: Juliana Frink (speaker), Joe Cinnadella (speaker), Robert Childan, Mr. Wyndham-Matson
Page Number: 89
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 10 Quotes

“In some ways it’s not a bad book. He works all the details out; the U.S. has the Pacific, about like our East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. They divide Russia. It works for around ten years. Then there’s trouble—naturally.”

“Why naturally?”

“Human nature.” Joe added, "Nature of states. Suspicion, fear, greed. Churchill thinks the U.S.A. is undermining British rule in South Asia by appealing to the large Chinese populations, who naturally are pro-U.S.A., due to Chiang Kai-shek. The British start setting up”—he grinned at her briefly—“what are called ‘detention preserves.’ Concentration camps, in other words. For thousands of maybe disloyal Chinese.”

Related Characters: Joe Cinnadella (speaker), Juliana Frink
Page Number: 169
Explanation and Analysis:

Listen, I’m not an intellectual—Fascism has no need of that. What is wanted is the deed. Theory derives from action. What our corporate state demands from us is comprehension of the social forces—of history. You see? I tell you; I know, Juliana.

Related Characters: Joe Cinnadella (speaker), Juliana Frink, Frank Frink , Mr. Baynes/Rudolf Wegener
Page Number: 170
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 13 Quotes

As they searched for a good hotel, Juliana kept glancing at the man beside her. With his hair short and blond, and in his new clothes, he doesn’t look like the same person, she thought. Do I like him better this way? It was hard to tell. And me—when I’ve been able to arrange for my hair being done, we’ll be two different persons, almost. Created out of nothing or, rather, out of money. But I just must get my hair done, she told herself.

Related Characters: Juliana Frink (speaker), Frank Frink , Joe Cinnadella
Page Number: 216
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