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Man Denise is the mother of Sebastien and Mimi. Amabelle meets Man Denise back in Haiti, where Man Denise lives. Man Denise is already aware of her children’s deaths when Amabelle arrives, and she expresses her sadness that both Sebastien and Mimi died so young, before they even understood what death is. Then, she tells Amabelle to leave her in peace so that she can “dream up” her children rather than facing the reality of their deaths.
Man Denise Quotes in The Farming of Bones
The The Farming of Bones quotes below are all either spoken by Man Denise or refer to Man Denise. 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 33 Quotes
“When you know you’re going to die, you try to be near the bones of your own people. You don’t even think you have bones when you’re young […] But when you’re old, they start reminding you they’re there. They start turning to dust on you, even as you’re walking here and there, going from place to place. And this is when you crave to be near the bones of your own people. My children never felt this. They had to look death in the face, even before they knew what it was. Just like you did, no? […] Leave me now,” she said. ”I’m going to dream up my children.”
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Man Denise Character Timeline in The Farming of Bones
The timeline below shows where the character Man Denise appears in The Farming of Bones. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 32
Amabelle locates the house of Man Denise , who is the mother of Sebastien and Mimi. At first, she decides not to...
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Chapter 33
...visit the justice for fifteen days; the crowd of people waiting grows and shrinks. Eventually, Man Denise Sebastien and Mimi’s motherjoins the crowd. At day’s end, the justice does not address the...
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Yves and Amabelle leave the crowd of protestors and take Man Denise back to her house. Yves leaves for his mother’s house, but Amabelle stays with Man...
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Man Denise tells Amabelle the story of their family’s upheaval: Sebastien’s father was killed in a hurricane,...
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Man Denise then tells Amabelle that people have informed her of Sebastien and Mimi’s deaths. She tells...
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Chapter 35
The next day, Amabelle visits Man Denise ’s house and is told that she has left. One of Man Denise’s caretakers tells...
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