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Master Jun is the Combat master at Sinegard Academy. He’s cruel and exacting, and unfortunately for Rin, he’s extremely classist. Jun doesn’t believe that any child who doesn’t come from a wealthy and/or noble background should pass the Keju and gain admittance to Sinegard. As such, he actively helps Nezha cheat and takes the first opportunity he gets to kick Rin out of his class for good. Later, when he’s made a commander in the Militia again, he’s rude and uncooperative toward Altan and the Cike due to his biases against shamans, who he thinks are untrustworthy and also ridiculous.
Master Jun Quotes in The Poppy War
The The Poppy War quotes below are all either spoken by Master Jun or refer to Master Jun. 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 5
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“The Keju doesn’t mean anything,” Rin said scathingly. “The Keju is a ruse to keep uneducated peasants right where they’ve always been. You slip past the Keju, they’ll find a way to expel you anyway. The Keju keeps the lower classes sedated. It keeps us dreaming. It’s not a ladder for mobility; it’s a way to keep people like me exactly where they were born. The Keju is a drug.”
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Chapter 6
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“And so modern martial arts were developed: a system based on human biomechanics rather than the movements of animals. The enormous variety of techniques, some of which were only marginally useful to a soldier, were distilled into an essential core of forms that could be taught to a soldier in five years rather than fifty. This is the basis of what you are taught at Sinegard. This is the common core that is taught to the Imperial Militia. This is what your classmates are learning.” He grinned. “I am showing you how to beat it.”
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Master Jun Quotes in The Poppy War
The The Poppy War quotes below are all either spoken by Master Jun or refer to Master Jun. 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 5
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“The Keju doesn’t mean anything,” Rin said scathingly. “The Keju is a ruse to keep uneducated peasants right where they’ve always been. You slip past the Keju, they’ll find a way to expel you anyway. The Keju keeps the lower classes sedated. It keeps us dreaming. It’s not a ladder for mobility; it’s a way to keep people like me exactly where they were born. The Keju is a drug.”
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Chapter 6
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“And so modern martial arts were developed: a system based on human biomechanics rather than the movements of animals. The enormous variety of techniques, some of which were only marginally useful to a soldier, were distilled into an essential core of forms that could be taught to a soldier in five years rather than fifty. This is the basis of what you are taught at Sinegard. This is the common core that is taught to the Imperial Militia. This is what your classmates are learning.” He grinned. “I am showing you how to beat it.”
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