The first leader of the Whatsitsname’s followers believes in the creature’s political rule. He trusts that the Whatsitsname is an ideal “Iraqi citizen”: a mix of the country’s cultural, religious, and ethnic affiliations, all gathered in a single body. The young madman is the only who survives the miniature “civil war” that erupts among the Whatsitsname’s three groups of followers. As a result, the Whatsitsname realizes that this man must be even more savage and criminal than everyone else. Although the young madman helps his leader record his story on Mahmoud’s digital recorder, the Whatsitsname later kills him as punishment for his evil deeds. This event reveals the Whatsitsname’s double standards: although he denounces other people’s cruelty, he does not necessarily realize that he partakes in it himself.
The Young Madman Quotes in Frankenstein in Baghdad
The Frankenstein in Baghdad quotes below are all either spoken by The Young Madman or refer to The Young Madman. 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 10
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The young madman thinks I’m the model citizen that the Iraqi State has failed to produce, at least since the days of King Faisal I.
Because I’m made up of body parts of people from diverse backgrounds—ethnicities, tribes, races, and social classes—I represent the impossible mix that never was achieved in the past. I’m the first true Iraqi citizen, he thinks.
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The Young Madman Quotes in Frankenstein in Baghdad
The Frankenstein in Baghdad quotes below are all either spoken by The Young Madman or refer to The Young Madman. 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 10
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The young madman thinks I’m the model citizen that the Iraqi State has failed to produce, at least since the days of King Faisal I.
Because I’m made up of body parts of people from diverse backgrounds—ethnicities, tribes, races, and social classes—I represent the impossible mix that never was achieved in the past. I’m the first true Iraqi citizen, he thinks.
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