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Ki-tar/Sun-jo’s Father
Vincent is Peak’s writing instructor at the Green Street School. He’s a serious older man who has written about 20 literary novels, none of which have sold well. When Peak is arrested, he brings Peak two Moleskine journals and tells Peak that he must write a story in one of them in order to pass his current year in school.
Vincent Quotes in Peak
The Peak quotes below are all either spoken by Vincent or refer to Vincent. 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 30 Quotes
I look at the twins, smiling, and write my last sentence...
The only thing you’ll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below.
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Vincent Character Timeline in Peak
The timeline below shows where the character Vincent appears in Peak. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
Peak introduces himself and the story: this is his year-end assignment for his writing teacher, Vincent. He knows Vincent will critique his run-on sentences and unconventional writing style, but he’s writing...
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Chapter 3
...blue mountain tags. He gets his first visitor on his fourth day: his writing teacher, Vincent. (Peak attends a special school for prodigies, not because he’s a prodigy but because his...
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Chapter 13
...go to Tibetan monks. After getting a plate of his own, Peak decides to take Vincent’s advice to eavesdrop on people (he’s terrible at mingling, much to Rolf’s chagrin). People are...
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Chapter 22
...Peak, which he hasn’t gotten yet, and they share that Mom gave Peak’s Moleskine to Vincent. Mom sends the girls to finish breakfast and says that Rolf is out; he’ll be...
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Chapter 30
Peak finds Vincent sitting in the corner and joins his mentor. Vincent has read Peak’s first Moleskine, but...
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