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Trevor’s beloved dog in Highlands North, who is beautiful but “dumb as shit,” as she never responds to commands. Abel kicks her all the time and eventually relegates her to the yard; Trevor follows her around the neighborhood one day and realizes that she visits another family every day, which feels to him like infidelity and breaks his heart (but teaches him a “valuable lesson” about love—you don’t own the people or things that you love). When she dies after getting crushed by the house’s gate, the veterinarian explains that she was deaf (not stupid) and also incapable of feeling pain.
Fufi Quotes in Born a Crime
The Born a Crime quotes below are all either spoken by Fufi or refer to Fufi. 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 7 Quotes
Fufi was my first heartbreak. No one has ever betrayed me more than Fufi. It was a valuable lesson to me. The hard thing was understanding that Fufi wasn’t cheating on me with another boy. She was merely living her life to the fullest. Until I knew that she was going out on her own during the day, her other relationship hadn't affected me at all. Fufi had no malicious intent.
I believed that Fufi was my dog but of course that wasn't true. Fufi was a dog. I was a boy. We got along well. She happened to live in my house. That experience shaped what I've felt about relationships for the rest of my life: You do not own the thing that you love.
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Most days, Trevor goes to school and his mom to work, and they leave their dogs Fufi (who is Trevor’s) and Panther (who is Patricia’s) in the yard while they are out. One day, Trevor is home on vacation and sees Fufi leave their yard, then follows her—to another family’s house, where they insist that she is their dog, Spotty (and even imprison her for a while, until Trevor and Patricia prove she is theirs with veterinary records and buy her freedom back). Trevor is devastated—he felt so deeply connected to Fufi that her secret life felt like infidelity. Although Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesen
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Fufi Character Timeline in Born a Crime
The timeline below shows where the character Fufi appears in Born a Crime. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 7
...“a poor-man’s alarm system.” Patricia and Trevor’s dogs are two sisters, Maltese-bull terrier mixes, named Fufi and Panther. They have a love-hate relationship: they get along but also have bloody fights....
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Fufi and Trevor are inseparable; she does tricks and even manages to jump the yard’s five-foot...
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Chapter 18
...buddies who work at the shop (and drink after work) with him, and he kicks Fufi all the time, which are both warning signs for the family, indications that his anger...
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