Big Roy is Roy’s adoptive father, having married Olive and accepted Roy as his own when he was a baby. Though Roy was given his biological father’s name, Othaniel, at birth, Big Roy changed his name to Roy upon adopting him. Big Roy is extremely supportive of Roy and welcoming to Celestial, despite Olive’s skepticism of the latter. He also serves as a model of marital dedication in his relationship with Olive and is devastated when she dies of lung cancer while Roy is in prison.
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Part 2, Chapter 3
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But that was when we thought incarceration had something to do with being guilty or at least being stupid.
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Big Roy Hamilton Quotes in An American Marriage
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Part 2, Chapter 3
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But that was when we thought incarceration had something to do with being guilty or at least being stupid.
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