Chantelle is a student in Claire’s poetry class whom Claire finds interesting. Chantelle always respects authority and usually writes poems about Black struggle. She interns for Monty and has a sexual relationship with him that nearly ends his career. Monty’s desire to eliminate Chantelle as a problem for him fuels his fight to stop enrolling discretionary students at Wellington.
Chantelle Quotes in On Beauty
The On Beauty quotes below are all either spoken by Chantelle or refer to Chantelle. 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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On Beauty and Being Wrong: Chapter 12
Quotes
‘Well, my God. What a tricky bastard. Moral majority my arse. Well, you’ve got him. My God! You should go in there and spit-roast him. Destroy him!’
Zora forced her fake nails, left over from the party, into the underside of the table top. ‘That’s your advice?”
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Chantelle Quotes in On Beauty
The On Beauty quotes below are all either spoken by Chantelle or refer to Chantelle. 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:
).
On Beauty and Being Wrong: Chapter 12
Quotes
‘Well, my God. What a tricky bastard. Moral majority my arse. Well, you’ve got him. My God! You should go in there and spit-roast him. Destroy him!’
Zora forced her fake nails, left over from the party, into the underside of the table top. ‘That’s your advice?”
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
