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Titch and Erasmus’s father, James Wilde, is a famous scientist who works in the Arctic. Titch works on the Cloud-cutter in order to impress his father, who drew up plans for the Cloud-cutter but who could never successfully launch it. When Philip visits Faith Plantation and reveals to Titch that his father died, Titch is devastated, and he sets out to find his father (alongside Wash) to determine what happened. There, he discovers that his father is actually alive, but his father is somewhat dismissive of Titch’s accomplishments and unwilling to set the record straight about his death so that he can continue with his research uninterrupted. Soon after arriving in the Arctic, Titch walks out into a snowstorm alone, and Titch’s father searches for days for him with no sign, devastated. Titch’s father subsequently falls ill and dies.
Mr. James Wilde (Titch’s Father) Quotes in Washington Black
The Washington Black quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. James Wilde (Titch’s Father) or refer to Mr. James Wilde (Titch’s Father). 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 2, Chapter 7
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But my true study remained, I understand now, the curious person of Titch. He was, I feared, becoming increasingly lost within himself. I suppose there must have been a deep love between him and his father, a love I could get no sense for because of its reticence. But as with most loves, it was shadowy, and painful, and confusing, and Titch seemed to me overly eager and too often hurt.
I could see a sadness coming over him, a kind of slow despair. I understood he was anguished over his father—over his failure to ever impress the man, over how to explain that Philip had killed himself and that we were now in hiding.
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Mr. James Wilde (Titch’s Father) Quotes in Washington Black
The Washington Black quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. James Wilde (Titch’s Father) or refer to Mr. James Wilde (Titch’s Father). 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 2, Chapter 7
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But my true study remained, I understand now, the curious person of Titch. He was, I feared, becoming increasingly lost within himself. I suppose there must have been a deep love between him and his father, a love I could get no sense for because of its reticence. But as with most loves, it was shadowy, and painful, and confusing, and Titch seemed to me overly eager and too often hurt.
I could see a sadness coming over him, a kind of slow despair. I understood he was anguished over his father—over his failure to ever impress the man, over how to explain that Philip had killed himself and that we were now in hiding.
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