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Janice is a young white woman who works as John Kwang’s schedule manager. She also handles responsibilities like scouting out the best place for Kwang to make public appearances. She works closely with Eduardo and Henry, training them to make sure that the cameras can always see Kwang when he appears in public. Out of all Kwang’s supporters, volunteers, and employees, Janice is perhaps the most dedicated to Kwang’s burgeoning political movement, as evidenced by the fact that only she and Henry stick around once he’s surrounded by scandal and negative media attention.
Janice Quotes in Native Speaker
The Native Speaker quotes below are all either spoken by Janice or refer to Janice . 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 6 Quotes
We perhaps depend too often on the faulty honor of silence, use it too liberally and for gaining advantage. I showed Lelia how this was done, sometimes brutally, my face a peerless mask, the bluntest instrument.
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In a conversation with Henry, Janice talks about how she once dated a Korean man. She felt strongly for him, but they ultimately broke up. Heartbroken, she poured her emotions out for him, but he remained silent, and Janice interpreted this as a sign that he didn’t care about her. When Henry hears this story, he recognizes that Janice most likely misread the situation—there might have been a lot more to her boyfriend’s silence than she ever would have assumed. In Korean culture, he reflects, silence is seen as an honorable way of responding to difficult situations. However, he also Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit n
Chapter 19 Quotes
He is no longer moving in his customary way. He looks old and weary, like he’s standing still. He decides to make a brief appearance for the media in the foyer of the ruined offices (against the repeated warnings of Janice, who hates the shot—all that shadowy wreckage and defeat), and with the barrage of questions and arc lights and auto winders he actually falters. Perhaps for the first time in his public life he mumbles, his voice cracks, and even an accent sneaks through.
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After a bomb goes off at his headquarters and kills Eduardo, Kwang refuses to appear in public for a long time. Everyone around him urges him to make some kind of public statement, but he doesn’t want to, claiming to Henry that he knows the media will turn the tragedy into an opportunity to talk about division between the various racial and ethnic groups living in New York City. But Kwang’s hesitancy to talk to the media is most likely tied to something else: namely, the fact that he’s responsible for what happened, since—as he later reveals to Henry—he told Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus c
Chapter 21 Quotes
For so long he was effortlessly Korean, effortlessly American. Now I don’t want him ever to lower his eyes. I don’t want to witness the submissive dip of his brow or the bend of his knee before me or anyone else. I didn’t—or don’t now—come to him for the occasion of looking upon this. I am here for the hope of his identity, which may also be mine, who he has been on a public scale when the rest of us wanted only security in the tiny dollar-shops and churches of our lives.
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After John Kwang is arrested for driving drunk with an undocumented minor in his car, Henry and Janice try desperately to figure out how, exactly, to move forward. They’re the only people who haven’t given up on Kwang, but there’s not much to do but wait and see what happens, especially since he disappears for a while after being released on bail. As they wait, Henry and Janice go to a Chinese restaurant and watch the news, and as they do so, Henry realizes that he doesn’t want to see Kwang appear onscreen, since he knows that any kind of Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis.
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Janice Character Timeline in Native Speaker
The timeline below shows where the character Janice appears in Native Speaker. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 6
Henry’s savvy handling of the protestors attracts the attention of Janice, who serves as Kwang’s scheduling manager—among other things. It’s her job to scout out good...
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After scouting the location in Brooklyn, Janice takes Henry and Eduardo to a diner. Henry studies Eduardo, who looks older than 23....
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Later, Henry stays with Janice while Eduardo goes back to the office. They drive through the southern neighborhoods of Queens...
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Chapter 9
...day has come for Kwang to make his appearance in Brooklyn (the one Henry helped Janice scout). There’s a huge crowd, but before he addresses the people, he goes into a...
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Chapter 16
Henry goes to the bombed-out Kwang office the next day. Janice and Sherrie are there, both of them desperately trying to keep things in order as...
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Chapter 19
...speak before television cameras, choosing to do so from the ruins of the office—a decision Janice advises against, since it suggests defeat. During the appearance, he speaks without confidence. He does,...
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Chapter 21
...just 16 years old. The media runs wild with the story, and everyone around Kwang—except Janice—starts trying to distance themselves from him, realizing there’s no way he’ll come back from this...
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...help but rush to Kwang’s home. But Kwang isn’t there. Henry therefore goes back to Janice’s apartment, where the two of them make calls trying to figure out where Kwang might...
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