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In the man’s science-fiction story, the blind assassin is a formerly-enslaved Ygnirod boy who goes blind from making luxury carpets. He is then sold into a brothel but manages to escape, becoming known as the best blind assassin in Sakiel-Norn. He is hired to kill the girl as part of a plot to topple the King of Sakiel-Norn, but ends up falling in love with her instead. The two escape the city but end up being eaten by wolves.
Blind Assassin Quotes in The Blind Assassin
The The Blind Assassin quotes below are all either spoken by Blind Assassin or refer to Blind Assassin. 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
You might say he grabbed what he could get. Why wouldn’t he? He had no scruples, his life was dog eat dog and it always had been. Or you could say they were both young so they didn’t know any better. The young habitually mistake lust for love, they’re infested with idealism of all kinds. And I haven’t said he didn’t kill her afterwards. As I’ve pointed out, he was nothing if not self-interested.
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Blind Assassin Character Timeline in The Blind Assassin
The timeline below shows where the character Blind Assassin appears in The Blind Assassin. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4
...group of courtiers are planning to overthrow the King with the help of the best blind assassin . His mission is to kill the girl about to be sacrificed in the Temple,...
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The man continues in his description of the plot, explaining that the blind assassin believes he will be rewarded with a generous fee and that he plans to escape...
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...to the toilet. When they are done, the man resumes the story. He describes the blind assassin ’s state of mind in the leadup to the assassination: he feels nervous about his...
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Chapter 6
In the man’s story, the blind assassin enters the chamber of the girl who is supposed to be sacrificed. Instead of attacking...
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...However, he then agrees to resume the story, noting that when they left off, the blind assassin was deciding “whether to cut [the girl’s] throat or love her forever.”
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While the blind assassin is lying holding the girl, he hears the Lord of the Underworld arrive. The blind...
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The blind assassin and the girl need to get out of Sakiel-Norn. One possible path of escape is...
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The blind assassin is also concerned about how to protect the girl. He decides that he will pretend...
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Chapter 8
...saying that they should get back to the story instead. In the man’s story, the blind assassin tells the Servant of Rejoicing that he and the girl have a holy message for...
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Once the blind assassin is alone with the girl and the Servant of Rejoicing, he tells the Servant he...
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...away others and protect themselves, but in reality they will accept the girl and the blind assassin as fellow fugitives. The woman expresses shock that the man ends his story with private...
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The blind assassin and girl escape, only to learn that the supposedly peaceful community of fugitives really is...
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Chapter 10
...bathroom at home, she flips through the pages, desperate to know what happens to the blind assassin and the girl.
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...there, and the woman is disappointed to have heard nothing about the girl and the blind assassin . Over the next few months, she desperately awaits an update to the story, searching...
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