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The white owner of the general store in Berkeley that the woman visits. Sympathetic to the woman’s forced relocation, he offers her candy for her children while at the same time scrubbing a stain from the cash register. Joe appears to be a stand-in for all white Americans who disagreed with the evacuation but did nothing to stop it, and thus are still symbolically “stained” by the terrible American tragedy that was Japanese-American internment.
Joe Lundy Quotes in When the Emperor was Divine
The When the Emperor was Divine quotes below are all either spoken by Joe Lundy or refer to Joe Lundy. 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 1
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“You can pay me later,” he said. Then he began to wipe the side of the register with a rag. There was a dark stain there that would not go away.
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Joe Lundy Quotes in When the Emperor was Divine
The When the Emperor was Divine quotes below are all either spoken by Joe Lundy or refer to Joe Lundy. 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 1
Quotes
“You can pay me later,” he said. Then he began to wipe the side of the register with a rag. There was a dark stain there that would not go away.
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