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Chloe Alamor
Nathaniel Grace founded Willowbee in Massachusetts 1702 after arriving in North America seeking religious freedom like other Pilgrims. He was the original Willowbee doctor with the power to transfer injuries and illnesses from one person to another—and Brett’s report on him suggests that he endeared himself to other Pilgrims by transferring injuries to Native Americans, whom the colonizers feared.
Nathaniel Grace Quotes in Elatsoe
The Elatsoe quotes below are all either spoken by Nathaniel Grace or refer to Nathaniel Grace. 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 14 Quotes
“Nathaniel Grace learned a lesson from the fire. He made friends with other Pilgrims by hurting the people who frightened them more than he did.”
Page five continued, with a picture of a boxy building, “Nathaniel Grace made a hospital with the money he earned. He saved many lives.”
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The final page displayed an anatomically accurate drawing of a leech. It belonged in a biology textbook, not a historical biography. Brett concluded: “Nathaniel Grace is a great American because he saved the lives of many people like presidents and war heroes. Without him, the country would not be the same and there would be no Willowbee. He founded the town to be a good home.”
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Nathaniel Grace Character Timeline in Elatsoe
The timeline below shows where the character Nathaniel Grace appears in Elatsoe. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 13
...finds several of Brett’s assignments. None pique her interest until she finds a biography about Nathaniel Grace , whose accompanying portrait looks shockingly like Dr. Allerton. He looks like an original Puritan.
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Ellie has never heard of Nathaniel Grace , and though she thinks poorly of the standard U.S. history textbook and all the...
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Chapter 14
Once Vivian goes to bed, Ellie reads Brett’s report on Nathaniel Grace . She reads about Grace burning inside his own church and surviving the ordeal. Brett...
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Chapter 17
The exhibit begins with the portrait of Nathaniel Grace . It turns out that he was the real founder of Willowbee, not just an...
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...Ellie speculates that Dr. Allerton—and all of Willowbee’s previous doctors—have continued to protect whatever secret Nathaniel Grace had. The clinic may seem to work miracles, but Ellie suggests that whatever they’re doing...
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Chapter 32
...wound. He then insists that nobody is going to spread this story: the “children of Nathaniel Grace have escaped persecution” over the last few centuries for a reason. Dr. Allerton insists that...
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...again. This, Ellie realizes, explains why the town looks like it belongs in New England: Nathaniel Grace founded the town in Massachusetts. Dr. Allerton calls his “siblings” to call on their magic,...
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