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Jeanne’s older brother, the closest sibling to her in age. Kiyo’s internment experience is most similar to Jeanne’s, and they share many experiences, such as attending the same hostile schools after internment. However, because they both feel subliminally ashamed of the racism they suffer, they don’t discuss their shared experiences for many years.
Kiyo Quotes in Farewell to Manzanar
The Farewell to Manzanar quotes below are all either spoken by Kiyo or refer to Kiyo. 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 8 Quotes
There had always been doors to keep some moments private. Here there were no doors. Nothing was private. And tonight [Papa] was far too serious—he seemed to have reached some final limit.
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After Papa arrives at Manzanar, family life quickly becomes volatile and stressful. Imprisonment at Fort Lincoln has plunged him into depression and alcoholism, and he vents his feelings by drinking to excess and abusing Mama. Jeanne notes that, under normal circumstance, marital strife or personal crises might be resolved without the dramatic fights that occur here; lack of privacy at Manzanar is not just an inconvenience but something that seriously contributes to the breakdown of family life, by denying them any individual privacy. It’s notable that this scene ends with Kiyo punching Papa in the nose, a further step in 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. Volupt
I was proud of Kiyo and afraid for what would happen to him; but deeper than that, I felt the miserable sense of loss that comes when the center has collapsed and everything seems to be flying apart around you.
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In an alcohol-fueled rage, Papa threatens to kill Mama, and Mama seems unable and unwilling to resist him. This crisis only ends when Kiyo jumps out of bed and punches Papa in the nose. Before internment, Papa was a strong patriarch who always took responsibility for his family. Now, not only has it fallen to his son to protect Mama’s physical safety, but Kiyo also has to defy and fight his father to do so. Kiyo’s action is a major turning point marking Papa’s fall from his previous role. Although the family dynamic will soften eventually, Papa will never return 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. Volupt
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Kiyo Character Timeline in Farewell to Manzanar
The timeline below shows where the character Kiyo appears in Farewell to Manzanar. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2: Shikata Ga Nai
...other kids in her class despise her. Every day after school she and her brother Kiyo run all the way home, afraid of being attacked.
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Mama and Woody go to work packing celery, while Jeanne and her siblings Kiyo and May go to school. Jeanne is confused and hurt that her teacher “would have...
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Chapter 3: A Different Kind of Sand
...are coated with dust that has floated inside. Even their eyebrows are gray. Jeanne and Kiyo find this funny, but Mama is scanning the surroundings with a mask-like face.
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...the oldest son, Woody is now the leader of the family. He orders Ray and Kiyo to cover up all the holes in the floor and walls with tin can lids....
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Chapter 5: Almost a Family
Although they have to stay near Mama, Jeanne and Kiyo eat with groups of other kids; they enjoy the independence. After a few years, sociologists...
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Chapter 8: Inu
Suddenly Kiyo, who has been hiding in his own bunk, jumps onto the floor in his underwear...
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Kiyo spends a few weeks living with one of their married sisters; when he returns home...
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Chapter 12: Manzanar, U.S.A.
...until the army drafts him; in the meantime, he works at the general store. Enterprising Kiyo uncovers arrowheads in the sand and sells them to old men. Ray plays in the...
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Chapter 22: Ten Thousand Voices
Jeanne compares the family’s inability to discuss internment to an episode she and Kiyo underwent. Waiting for the bus shortly after their release form Manzanar, they pass an old...
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