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Mentor is the teacher of Jonas and Gabe’s village at the end of the novel. He’s passionate about education and supporting his students. He grudgingly shares that years ago, he traded away his honor to Trademaster to become more handsome so he could court a woman—and he was so unpleasant after the trade that she rejected him. In the present, he has returned to his normal, honorable self.
Mentor Quotes in Son
The Son quotes below are all either spoken by Mentor or refer to Mentor. 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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Book 3, Chapter 4
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The veer worked. But not in the way Gabe had planned. He found no math answers there. Instead he had an overwhelming feeling of a kind of passion: for knowledge, for learning of all sorts—and for the children who sat that day at the small desks, as Gabe did. He felt Mentor’s love for his students and his hopes for them and what they would learn from him.
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Book 3, Chapter 10
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“Evil can do anything, Gabe,” Mentor said, “for a price.”
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Mentor Quotes in Son
The Son quotes below are all either spoken by Mentor or refer to Mentor. 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:
).
Book 3, Chapter 4
Quotes
The veer worked. But not in the way Gabe had planned. He found no math answers there. Instead he had an overwhelming feeling of a kind of passion: for knowledge, for learning of all sorts—and for the children who sat that day at the small desks, as Gabe did. He felt Mentor’s love for his students and his hopes for them and what they would learn from him.
Related Characters:
Related Symbols:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Book 3, Chapter 10
Quotes
“Evil can do anything, Gabe,” Mentor said, “for a price.”
