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Nkiruka / Kindness
The killer leads the hunters who chase down Little Bee and Nkiruka and meet Andrew and Sarah on the beach. When Sarah begs him not to kill the girls, the killer decides they can live if Andrew will cut off his middle finger and give it to him. When Andrew cannot, the leader and his men take Nkiruka away, though the leader does not participate in her rape or murder.
The Leader / The Killer Quotes in Little Bee
The Little Bee quotes below are all either spoken by The Leader / The Killer or refer to The Leader / The Killer. 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 Four Quotes
“I just think this is not our affair and so…”
“Ah,” the killer said. “Not your affair.”
He turned to the other hunters and spread his arms.
“Not his affair, him say. Him say, this is black-man business. Ha ha ha ha! […] First time I hear white man say my business not his business. You got our gold. You got our oil. What is wrong with our girls?”
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The Leader / The Killer Character Timeline in Little Bee
The timeline below shows where the character The Leader / The Killer appears in Little Bee. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter Four
...devouring its corpse. The hunters approach. Most of them have machetes. One draws a bow. The leader has a large, festering wound in his neck. When the leader sees Kindness, he grins,...
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...them has a full erection. Sarah tells Andrew to give the hunters whatever they want. The leader steps up to Sarah and pulls off her beach wrap, exposing her small green bikini...
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Sarah tells the leader he can’t have Little Bee and Nkiruka; if he tries to take the girls, the...
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The killer laughs at a white man claiming that something is not his business, since white people...
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Andrew curls his hands into fists while the killer takes his machete by the blade and holds the handle toward Andrew. He states that...
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Chapter Five
...rape Nkiruka for hours. Through a crack in the boat’s hull, Little Bee can see the killer standing by the waterline, far from his men and the assault, gazing out over the...
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...sun grows hot, so the hunters go to the shade of the jungle to sleep. The killer , however, marches straight into the sea and swims until his head sinks beneath the...
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