Keith is Lauren’s brother, the eldest son of Reverend Olamina and Cory. He is 12 when the book starts and is stubborn, reckless, and often cruel. He is desperate to grow up quickly and dreams of moving to Los Angeles. After being given a BB gun for his 13th birthday, he begins to leave the neighborhood and earn money of his own accord, assumedly by dealing drugs. Before long, he is tortured and killed.
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Chapter 10
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May he rest in peace––in his urn, in heaven, wherever.
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Chapter 14
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Some kind of insane burn-the-rich movement, Keith had said. We've never been rich, but to the desperate, we looked rich. We were surviving and we had our wall. Did our community die so that addicts could make a help-the-poor political statement?
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Keith Olamina Quotes in Parable of the Sower
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Chapter 10
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May he rest in peace––in his urn, in heaven, wherever.
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Chapter 14
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Some kind of insane burn-the-rich movement, Keith had said. We've never been rich, but to the desperate, we looked rich. We were surviving and we had our wall. Did our community die so that addicts could make a help-the-poor political statement?
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