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Mundín is the four girls’ cousin and the son of Tío Mundo, Laura’s brother. Mundín is Yolanda’s age, and the two are very close when they are young. At one point, Mundín convinces Yolanda to show him her genitals. Mundín goes to the U.S. for college and receives a liberal education, but he still retains some conservative values about gender. He later marries a beautiful and intelligent wife and is professionally successful.
Mundín García Quotes in How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
The How the García Girls Lost Their Accents quotes below are all either spoken by Mundín García or refer to Mundín García. 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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6. A Regular Revolution Quotes
Mundín wiggles his eyebrows. “How many taboos can we break here? Let’s see.” He enumerates: incest, group sex, lesbian sex, virgin sex—
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12. The Human Body Quotes
In a corner, hoses lay coiled like a family of dormant snakes. Fifi and I lined up against a far wall. Mundín faced us, his hands nervously working the snake into a rounder and rounder ball. “Go on,” he said. “Take them down.”
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Mundín García Character Timeline in How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
The timeline below shows where the character Mundín García appears in How the García Girls Lost Their Accents. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
1. Antojos
...be safe to do so. Carmen reports that there are “guerillas in the mountains,” but Mundín’s wife brushes this off as mere rumor. The group lights candles on the cake, and...
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6. A Regular Revolution
...away. Later that night, the other three sisters get in the car with their cousin Mundín, and he drives them to a brothel. Everyone has a drink, and Mundín jokes about...
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On their last Saturday on the Island, the three girls are out again with Mundín and his sister Lucinda. They go to the same street where conspirators attempted to assassinate...
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12. The Human Body
...each of the girls has a cousin they are close with. Yolanda is closest with Mundín, and their parents eventually try to separate them since they are opposite genders. The girls’...
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...book she receives, but she finds its pictures of a girl in her underwear intriguing. Mundín gets a doll with removable organs because he wants to be a doctor, and Yolanda...
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Mundín says he will give Yolanda the clay if she pulls down her pants. Mundín, Yolanda,...
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