Mr. Tanner is the grandson of Tanner and Kitty, whose story he tells to an unknown and unseen character. Mr. Tanner’s family has just recently decided to leave New Zealand, and his main purpose in telling the story is to explain how they ended up with a lawyer in the family. Mr. Tanner interrupts his own story occasionally—including when he speculates on how Tanner learned to read—though, for the most part, he sticks to the narrative of his grandparents.
Mr. Tanner Quotes in At Hiruharama
The At Hiruharama quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Tanner or refer to Mr. Tanner. 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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Mr Tanner was anxious to explain how it was that he had a lawyer in the family, so that when they all decided to sell up and quit New Zealand there had been someone they could absolutely trust with the legal business.
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After that the Tanners always had one of those tinplate mottoes hung up on the wall – Throw Nothing Away. You could get them at the hardware store.
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Mr. Tanner Quotes in At Hiruharama
The At Hiruharama quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Tanner or refer to Mr. Tanner. 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:
).
At Hiruharama
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Mr Tanner was anxious to explain how it was that he had a lawyer in the family, so that when they all decided to sell up and quit New Zealand there had been someone they could absolutely trust with the legal business.
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Explanation and Analysis:
After that the Tanners always had one of those tinplate mottoes hung up on the wall – Throw Nothing Away. You could get them at the hardware store.
