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Ethel Lee (née Chen)
A jazz musician famous in Seattle, and a friend of Sheldon Thomas. Oscar Holden plays at the Black Elks Club, and he is kind to Henry and Keiko when he finds them in the alley behind the club, listening to his concert. Later that night, Holden performs a song called “Alley Cat Strut” dedicated to Henry and Keiko. Eventually, Holden will go on to make a recording of this song; this record will become a precious item for Henry and Keiko, and a symbol of their friendship. Oscar is depicted as a principled and kind man; he even ends up on a police watch list for speaking out against the government’s treatment of Japanese families living in Nihonmachi.
Oscar Holden Quotes in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet quotes below are all either spoken by Oscar Holden or refer to Oscar Holden. 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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Jamaican Ginger (1942)
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Oscar kept on hollering, “They just listening to music. Why you taking them away?” The old man […] hoisted his suspenders, casting a long shadow across the dance floor from the halcyon lights behind him, like God yelling down from the mountain. In his shadow lay the Japanese patrons […] facedown on the dance floor, guns pointed to their heads.
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Camp Anyway (1942)
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Through the slosh of the rain, Henry heard music from the camp. The song grew louder and louder, straining the limits of the speakers it came from. It was the record. Their record. Oscar Holden’s “Alley Cat Strut.” Henry could almost pick out Sheldon’s part. It shouted at the night. Louder than the storm.
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Oscar Holden Quotes in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet quotes below are all either spoken by Oscar Holden or refer to Oscar Holden. 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:
).
Jamaican Ginger (1942)
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Oscar kept on hollering, “They just listening to music. Why you taking them away?” The old man […] hoisted his suspenders, casting a long shadow across the dance floor from the halcyon lights behind him, like God yelling down from the mountain. In his shadow lay the Japanese patrons […] facedown on the dance floor, guns pointed to their heads.
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Camp Anyway (1942)
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Through the slosh of the rain, Henry heard music from the camp. The song grew louder and louder, straining the limits of the speakers it came from. It was the record. Their record. Oscar Holden’s “Alley Cat Strut.” Henry could almost pick out Sheldon’s part. It shouted at the night. Louder than the storm.
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