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Dany is a young man whose parents were killed by the Duvalier regime. He is raised in Haiti by his aunt Estina, who eventually compels him to leave the country and immigrate to the US in order to get away from the people who murdered his parents. Ironically, while living in Brooklyn, he ends up a tenant of the very man (Papa) he believes killed them. He returns to Haiti to visit Estina and tell her this, and during this time Estina dies, leaving Dany profoundly stricken by grief.
Dany Quotes in The Dew Breaker
The The Dew Breaker quotes below are all either spoken by Dany or refer to Dany . 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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Night Talkers Quotes
In spite of his huge muscles and oversized tattoos, Claude seemed oddly defenseless, like a refugee lost at sea, or a child looking for his parents in a supermarket aisle. Or maybe that’s just how Dany wanted to see him, to make him seem more normal, less frightening.
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Dany Character Timeline in The Dew Breaker
The timeline below shows where the character Dany appears in The Dew Breaker. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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...is delayed or cancelled. The man shares an apartment with two other men, Michel and Dany. His landlady has said she has no problem with his wife coming as long as...
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After speaking to the landlady, the man goes to talk to Michel and Dany, indicating that he wants to make sure his wife feels comfortable. Michel plans to buy...
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...how to work the stove and radio. The night before, after laughing at Michel and Dany’s robes, they had sex seven more times (according to the man; she counted fewer). He...
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...his wife has made a large dinner for the two of them, plus Michel and Dany. This makes the men happy, as if they are “part of a family” for the...
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Night Talkers
Dany has been walking up a mountain in rural Haiti for two hours and he is...
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Dany eventually finds a village, where a little girl is sitting with a pestle and mortar....
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Old Zo takes Dany to Estina. Dany recognizes her house as they approach. Although Estina is not in, there...
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Estina takes Dany inside her house so they speak privately. For a number of years, Dany has been...
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Dany tells Estina that he came back because he wanted to tell her that he has...
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When Dany wakes up, Estina and Old Zo’s daughter, nicknamed Ti Famn (little woman) have breakfast waiting...
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Claude comments that it’s “real big” that Dany has come back to see Estina, and that he hasn’t forgotten his family back in...
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Dany feels irritated by Claude. When Claude offers to show him around, Dany turns him down....
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In the dream, Dany tells Estina that the man who murdered his parents (Papa) now has a barbershop in...
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As Dany watched Papa sleep he realized that he didn’t want to kill him, because then he...
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Ti Famn wails loud enough that everyone in the surrounding area learns of Estina’s death. Dany is crippled by sharp stomach pain. Local women mill around him, commenting on his condition...
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A few days later, Dany helps Old Zo make the funeral arrangements, while Ti Famn and the other women prepare...
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Dany always found it strange that Haitian funerals were half festive and half mournful, but he...
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Dany wonders if it’s true that Estina somehow called him back, and if Papa isn’t actually...
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Although Claude’s outward tattooed appearance is menacing, Dany can’t help but feel that he looks innocent and vulnerable, like a child. He says...
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...released from prison in Port-au-Prince after three months because of overcrowding. As Claude keeps talking, Dany observes that he is also a “night talker” someone who speaks their nightmares aloud at...
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