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Christina is Helen Macdonald’s friend. She’s with Macdonald when Macdonald learns of her father’s death, and she drives to Scotland with Macdonald to get Mabel from the breeder. Christina plays an important part in Mabel’s taming and training, initially as the first person (besides Macdonald herself) to whom the bird is exposed, and later as a helper during Mabel’s “calling-off” training.
Christina Quotes in H is for Hawk
The H is for Hawk quotes below are all either spoken by Christina or refer to Christina . 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 11: Leaving Home
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But they are not people. They are things to shun, to fear, to turn from, shielding my hawk. They come towards us like tumbling rocks in a video game, threatening destruction with the merest glancing blow. My heart beats fast. Escape and evasion. I am here to show the hawk people, but from a safe distance merely, and those three men in pastel shirts are heading right towards us. I dodge behind a tree and let them pass. As their backs enter Mabel’s line of sight she sucks her feathers in so tightly she seems vacuum-packed in plastic. When they are gone, she shakes her head nervously, cheeps once through her nose, and starts eating again.
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Christina Quotes in H is for Hawk
The H is for Hawk quotes below are all either spoken by Christina or refer to Christina . 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 11: Leaving Home
Quotes
But they are not people. They are things to shun, to fear, to turn from, shielding my hawk. They come towards us like tumbling rocks in a video game, threatening destruction with the merest glancing blow. My heart beats fast. Escape and evasion. I am here to show the hawk people, but from a safe distance merely, and those three men in pastel shirts are heading right towards us. I dodge behind a tree and let them pass. As their backs enter Mabel’s line of sight she sucks her feathers in so tightly she seems vacuum-packed in plastic. When they are gone, she shakes her head nervously, cheeps once through her nose, and starts eating again.
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