Outcasts United

by

Warren St. John

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Kanue Biah Character Analysis

A Liberian player on the Under Fifteens team. He fled the war when he was just two years old and was separated from his parents. He lives with his uncle Barlea, who works twenty hours a day. This leaves Kanue to cook dinner for himself and his uncle and also keep the apartment. Kanue joins the Under Fifteens and quickly becomes devoted to Luma’s system, working hard in practice and also helping with the younger team. When the Under Fifteens team is cancelled, Kanue resolves to hold a second round of tryouts and restart the team because the community is so important to him, getting Mandela and Natnael to join him as well.

Kanue Biah Quotes in Outcasts United

The Outcasts United quotes below are all either spoken by Kanue Biah or refer to Kanue Biah. 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:
Refugees, Discrimination, and Resilience Theme Icon
).
Chapter 11 Quotes

With no siblings in the United States, and a guardian who was hardly ever home, Kanue began to view the team as his family. “The Fugees—it’s really important to me,” he said. “When I play on that team, I’m with my brothers.”

Related Characters: Kanue Biah (speaker), Warren St. John (speaker), Luma al-Mufleh, Barlea
Page Number: 103
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 13 Quotes

“I told her I appreciate her,” Kanue said later. “I told her thanks, and that we were going to do everything to follow the rules and give her the respect she deserves.”

Related Characters: Kanue Biah (speaker), Warren St. John (speaker), Luma al-Mufleh, Mandela Ziaty, Natnael
Page Number: 103
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 15 Quotes

Luma dropped her head in relief. Her players, some of them still strangers to each other, were high-fiving and shouting joyfully at the sky as they ran toward her on the bench. They seemed as surprised as she did. Luma raised her head, pulled her shoulders back, and smiled for the first time in two weeks.

Related Characters: Warren St. John (speaker), Luma al-Mufleh, Mandela Ziaty, Kanue Biah
Page Number: 103
Explanation and Analysis:
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Kanue Biah Quotes in Outcasts United

The Outcasts United quotes below are all either spoken by Kanue Biah or refer to Kanue Biah. 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:
Refugees, Discrimination, and Resilience Theme Icon
).
Chapter 11 Quotes

With no siblings in the United States, and a guardian who was hardly ever home, Kanue began to view the team as his family. “The Fugees—it’s really important to me,” he said. “When I play on that team, I’m with my brothers.”

Related Characters: Kanue Biah (speaker), Warren St. John (speaker), Luma al-Mufleh, Barlea
Page Number: 103
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 13 Quotes

“I told her I appreciate her,” Kanue said later. “I told her thanks, and that we were going to do everything to follow the rules and give her the respect she deserves.”

Related Characters: Kanue Biah (speaker), Warren St. John (speaker), Luma al-Mufleh, Mandela Ziaty, Natnael
Page Number: 103
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 15 Quotes

Luma dropped her head in relief. Her players, some of them still strangers to each other, were high-fiving and shouting joyfully at the sky as they ran toward her on the bench. They seemed as surprised as she did. Luma raised her head, pulled her shoulders back, and smiled for the first time in two weeks.

Related Characters: Warren St. John (speaker), Luma al-Mufleh, Mandela Ziaty, Kanue Biah
Page Number: 103
Explanation and Analysis: