The cook and the cook’s wife are a Mexican couple who run a Mexican restaurant in the Rocky Mountains. The cook kicks Nayeli and Tacho out when they admit they illegally crossed the border. The cook feels as though people like Nayeli and Tacho delegitimize legal immigrants such as himself.
The Cook Quotes in Into the Beautiful North
The Into the Beautiful North quotes below are all either spoken by The Cook or refer to The Cook . 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 28
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"Where are you from, por favor?" Nayeli asked.
"Colorado," she replied.
"But...qué es la palabra...original?"
"Colorado."
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Nayeli (speaker), The Cook’s Wife (speaker), Tacho, The Cook
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"You get out of here. Illegals. What about the rest of us? What about us, cabrones? I came here LEGALLY! You hear that, LEGAL. You criminals come in here, make me look bad? I'm sorry, but you have to leave. Get out!"
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The Cook (speaker), Nayeli, Tacho, The Cook’s Wife
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The Cook Character Timeline in Into the Beautiful North
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Chapter 28
...and Tacho find a Mexican restaurant and are thrilled to smell familiar foods. The Mexican cook welcomes them, and Tacho greets him in Spanish. Nayeli thanks their waitress (the cook’s wife)...
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When the cook’s wife returns to deliver a Coke for Tacho, Nayeli asks her where she's from. The...
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