This Other Eden

by

Paul Harding

Bernard Richardson Character Analysis

Bernard is a white photographer who takes photo portraits of several Apple Islanders. Although he sees his portraits as serious and artistic, he is dismayed to see stores selling them with dirty jokes as captions. Similar to Matthew Diamond, Bernard embodies how good intentions can still lead to negative outcomes.

Bernard Richardson Quotes in This Other Eden

The This Other Eden quotes below are all either spoken by Bernard Richardson or refer to Bernard Richardson. 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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Part 1 Quotes

Bernard Richardson happened to be in the store one day and saw the postcards made from his photographs. He demanded Art Dunlop remove them.

Those are my pictures, they’re portraits of those people—and official documents, he said. They’re not for you to turn into a bunch of dirty jokes.

Art Dunlop stood behind the sales counter adding figures on a pad. He looked up and said, I guess you’re free to buy the lot if you care to. At retail.

Well, you don’t have my permission to—

Otherwise, you’re just about trespassing if you say anything more about it.

Related Characters: Bernard Richardson (speaker), Matthew Diamond
Page Number: 56
Explanation and Analysis:
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Bernard Richardson Quotes in This Other Eden

The This Other Eden quotes below are all either spoken by Bernard Richardson or refer to Bernard Richardson. 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:
Family Theme Icon
).
Part 1 Quotes

Bernard Richardson happened to be in the store one day and saw the postcards made from his photographs. He demanded Art Dunlop remove them.

Those are my pictures, they’re portraits of those people—and official documents, he said. They’re not for you to turn into a bunch of dirty jokes.

Art Dunlop stood behind the sales counter adding figures on a pad. He looked up and said, I guess you’re free to buy the lot if you care to. At retail.

Well, you don’t have my permission to—

Otherwise, you’re just about trespassing if you say anything more about it.

Related Characters: Bernard Richardson (speaker), Matthew Diamond
Page Number: 56
Explanation and Analysis: