Previous
Franklin Plaskett
Celia is Eva and Franklin’s daughter and Kevin’s sister. She is eight years younger than Kevin. Celia is the opposite of Kevin in every way—she is optimistic, sensitive, and eager to please. In many ways, Celia’s personality is very similar to Franklin’s, though she is much more attached to Eva. Celia adores Kevin even though he constantly tortures her. In one mysterious incident, Kevin causes Celia to lose an eye and burn her face with a drain cleaning chemical. Broadly speaking, Celia represents everything Kevin is not, effectively functioning as a stereotypically normal child in a way that highlights Kevin’s darker and more problematic tendencies. Kevin eventually shoots Celia to death on his archery range and takes her glass eye.
Celia Plaskett Quotes in We Need to Talk About Kevin
The We Need to Talk About Kevin quotes below are all either spoken by Celia Plaskett or refer to Celia Plaskett. 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 12: January 1, 2001
Quotes
I panicked, thinking, There’s nowhere to hide.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 17: February 1, 2001
Quotes
“Just cause you get used to something doesn’t mean you like it.” he added, snapping the magenta, “You’re used to me.” “Yes!” I said.
Related Characters:
Related Symbols:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Impatient with the slow pace of made-for-TV combat, he grumbled, “I don’t see why Cone Power bothers with all that little junk, Dad. Nuke ‘em. That’d teach the Raqis who’s boss.” You thought it was adorable.
In Kevin […] the color was a pulsing, aortal red, and the feeling was fury…the paint in his foreground would gradually thicken, its hue coagulating to the sluggish black-purple of liver […]. Yet when Celia slid to hand. […] her aural color was light blue. I was overcome by the same clear-skied azure that had visited me when we made love.
Related Characters:
Related Symbols:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 22: March 8, 2001
Quotes
“Like how?” he said, carefully pulling the rough salmon-colored husk off the fruit, exposing the pinkish-white flesh. “Celia does not look like a geek?” When the pale translucent orb was peeled, he popped it in his mouth, sucked, and pulled it back out.
Get the entire We Need to Talk About Kevin LitChart as a printable PDF.
Celia Plaskett Quotes in We Need to Talk About Kevin
The We Need to Talk About Kevin quotes below are all either spoken by Celia Plaskett or refer to Celia Plaskett. 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 12: January 1, 2001
Quotes
I panicked, thinking, There’s nowhere to hide.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 17: February 1, 2001
Quotes
“Just cause you get used to something doesn’t mean you like it.” he added, snapping the magenta, “You’re used to me.” “Yes!” I said.
Related Characters:
Related Symbols:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Impatient with the slow pace of made-for-TV combat, he grumbled, “I don’t see why Cone Power bothers with all that little junk, Dad. Nuke ‘em. That’d teach the Raqis who’s boss.” You thought it was adorable.
In Kevin […] the color was a pulsing, aortal red, and the feeling was fury…the paint in his foreground would gradually thicken, its hue coagulating to the sluggish black-purple of liver […]. Yet when Celia slid to hand. […] her aural color was light blue. I was overcome by the same clear-skied azure that had visited me when we made love.
Related Characters:
Related Symbols:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 22: March 8, 2001
Quotes
“Like how?” he said, carefully pulling the rough salmon-colored husk off the fruit, exposing the pinkish-white flesh. “Celia does not look like a geek?” When the pale translucent orb was peeled, he popped it in his mouth, sucked, and pulled it back out.
