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Njoroge’s older half-brother, and one of Njeri’s sons. Kori is a gifted storyteller who often brings news home from Nairobi, where he becomes increasingly involved in political resistance. Indeed, it is Kori who often tells tales of Jomo Kenyatta—stories that rouse Njoroge and his family members. Kori eventually joins the Mau Mau, along with Boro. Because of this, Jacobo decides to detain him by capturing him when he accidentally breaks curfew with Njeri one night. And although the government quickly releases Njeri after Ngotho’s family pays the necessary fines, they keep Kori in prison, and Njoroge fears at the end of the novel that he be killed in detention.
Kori Quotes in Weep Not, Child
The Weep Not, Child quotes below are all either spoken by Kori or refer to Kori. 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 10
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Was he a man any longer, he who had watched his wife and son taken away because of breaking the curfew without a word of protest? Was this cowardice? It was cowardice, cowardice of the worst sort. He stood up and rushed to the door like a madman. It was too late. He came back to his seat, a defeated man, a man who cursed himself for being a man with a lost manhood. He now knew that even that waiting had been a form of cowardice, putting off of action.
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Kori Quotes in Weep Not, Child
The Weep Not, Child quotes below are all either spoken by Kori or refer to Kori. 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 10
Quotes
Was he a man any longer, he who had watched his wife and son taken away because of breaking the curfew without a word of protest? Was this cowardice? It was cowardice, cowardice of the worst sort. He stood up and rushed to the door like a madman. It was too late. He came back to his seat, a defeated man, a man who cursed himself for being a man with a lost manhood. He now knew that even that waiting had been a form of cowardice, putting off of action.
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