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The Inspector
Mr. Coody is the rent collector at Rumbalara. He imposes strict and invasive rules on his tenants, which includes threatening to evict Dolly and her family due to Dolly’s pregnancy. His intrusion into the women’s lives reflects that although Rumbalara is an Aboriginal housing district, it is not a safe haven or a stable place of community because it is run by White men.
Mr. Coody Quotes in Rainbow’s End
The Rainbow’s End quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Coody or refer to Mr. Coody. 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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Act 1, Scene 5 Quotes
RENT COLLECTOR: Your arrangements will need to be re-evaluated, with the impending new arrival. […]
NAN DEAR: That’s not of your concern.
She gets the eggs out of the basket.
RENT COLLECTOR: It is very much of my concern. Everything to do with the habitation of the establishment is my concern.
NAN DEAR: This is Aboriginal Housing… [under her breath] not your own private kingdom.
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RENT COLLECTOR: Given your obvious flouting of the rules, I think––
NAN DEAR: I don’t care what you think! You and your visiting hours. Your rules. No singalongs after dark. Your spying. You, mister, can go to blazes! I’ll give you ‘one’…
She raises an egg as he turns.
Two…Oh hell, three.
He runs. NAN DEAR chucks the eggs, one after the other, at his departing form.
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Mr. Coody Character Timeline in Rainbow’s End
The timeline below shows where the character Mr. Coody appears in Rainbow’s End. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act 2, Scene 3
Nan Dear pays the rent to the rent collector Mr. Coody and helps Dolly prepare a meal. They listen to the radio and are surprised to...
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Act 2, Scene 5
The rent collector Mr. Coody comes by for the rent and finds Nan Dear cooking eggs for a heavily pregnant...
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