Walter Vold is the overseer and supervisor at the jewel bearing plant. He is described as “lurkishly” watching the women work, and he doesn’t allow people to speak while they are working (though they do anyway). When Patrice needs to go to Minneapolis to look for Vera, he tells her she has just three days of leave total; when higher-ups are set to come to the factory to observe, he takes away the workers’ coffee breaks and never reinstates them. Overall, he is an authority figure intent on enforcing rules and maximizing productivity by his standards, with little to no regard for the humanity of the people who work at the plant.
Walter Vold Quotes in The Night Watchman
The The Night Watchman quotes below are all either spoken by Walter Vold or refer to Walter Vold. 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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Lard on Bread
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Mr. Vold forbade speech. Still, they did speak. They hardly remembered what they said, later, but they talked to one another all day.
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Valentine’s Days
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Valentine said, “You can have my days.”
“What do you mean?”
“My sick days. Mr. Vold told me that I could give my days to you. Under the circumstances.”
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Walter Vold Quotes in The Night Watchman
The The Night Watchman quotes below are all either spoken by Walter Vold or refer to Walter Vold. 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:
).
Lard on Bread
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Mr. Vold forbade speech. Still, they did speak. They hardly remembered what they said, later, but they talked to one another all day.
Related Characters:
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Valentine’s Days
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Valentine said, “You can have my days.”
“What do you mean?”
“My sick days. Mr. Vold told me that I could give my days to you. Under the circumstances.”
