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Mrs. Wishnow
Mr. Wishnow is Seldon’s father and Mrs. Wishnow’s husband. Mr. Wishnow, who has long been sick with cancer of the mouth and throat, dies early on in the novel. While Bess insists that Mr. Wishnow died of natural causes, Philip and his neighborhood friends seize upon a rumor that Mr. Wishnow hung himself in his bedroom closet.
Mr. Wishnow Quotes in The Plot Against America
The The Plot Against America quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Wishnow or refer to Mr. Wishnow. 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
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“I am not running away!” he shouted, startling everyone. “This is our country!” “No, my mother said sadly, “not anymore. It’s Lindbergh’s. It’s the goyim’s. It’s their country,” she said, and her breaking voice and the shocking words and the nightmare immediacy of what was mercilessly real forced my father […] to see himself with mortifying clarity: a devoted father of titanic energy no more capable of protecting his family from harm than was Mr. Wishnow hanging dead in the closet.
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Mr. Wishnow Quotes in The Plot Against America
The The Plot Against America quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Wishnow or refer to Mr. Wishnow. 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 6
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“I am not running away!” he shouted, startling everyone. “This is our country!” “No, my mother said sadly, “not anymore. It’s Lindbergh’s. It’s the goyim’s. It’s their country,” she said, and her breaking voice and the shocking words and the nightmare immediacy of what was mercilessly real forced my father […] to see himself with mortifying clarity: a devoted father of titanic energy no more capable of protecting his family from harm than was Mr. Wishnow hanging dead in the closet.
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