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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 Quotes
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 Character Timeline in Frankenstein in Baghdad
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Chapter 10: The Whatsitsname
The Whatsitsname also mentioned three additional participants: the young madman , the old madman, and the eldest madman. The young madman was the one who...
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...that the eldest madman’s followers converted him into the prophet of a new religion. The young madman ’s followers, by contrast, considered entering politics.
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The next day, the Whatsitsname realized that the young madman was the only person still in the building. The young madman confirmed the Whatsitsname’s suspicions:...
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The batteries in the digital recorder then died again, and the young madman told the Whatsitsname that they had none left. When noticing the Whatsitsname’s behavior, the young...
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