The Power

The Power

by

Naomi Alderman

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Darrell Monke Character Analysis

Darrell is Roxy’s younger half-brother and Bernie and Barbara’s youngest son. When Roxy’s power grows, Darrell starts to become intensely jealous of his sister’s abilities. At first, Roxy believes that Darrell understands his place in the new world order; he seems to want to aid her in leading the business with the understanding that she is the one in charge. When Roxy ousts Bernie from his own business, however, he and Darrell team up in order to surgically remove Roxy’s skein and implant it in Darrell. Thus, Darrell is corrupted by power just as much as the women who have it: any chance to take an advantage, he and Bernie try to do so—even at the potential cost of Roxy’s life. Following the surgery, Darrell starts to run the Glitter factory in Roxy’s stead, but the women continue to be suspicious of him. When they realize during his fight with Jocelyn that he has stolen Roxy’s skein, they pull him limb from limb and kill him.

Darrell Monke Quotes in The Power

The The Power quotes below are all either spoken by Darrell Monke or refer to Darrell Monke. 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:
Power and Violence Theme Icon
).
Chapter 24: Roxy Quotes

Sam says, “He was asking for it. He begged us for it. Fucking begged us, followed us, told us what he wanted done to him. Filthy little scrote, knew just what he was looking for, couldn’t get enough of it, wanted us to hurt him, would have licked up my piss if I’d asked him, that’s your fucking brother. Looks like butter wouldn’t melt, but he’s a dirty little boy.”

Related Characters: Roxy Monke, Darrell Monke, Ricky Monke
Page Number: 177
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 34: Roxy Quotes

In the dark of the night he tells her about Nina and how she published his words and his photographs under her name. And how he knows by that that she was always waiting to take from him everything he had. And she tells him about Darrell and what was taken from her, and in that telling he knows everything; why she carries herself like this and why she's been hiding all these long weeks and why she thinks she can’t go home and why she hasn’t struck against Darrell at once and with great fury, as a Monke would do. She had half forgotten her own name until he reminded her of it.

One of them says, "Why did they do it, Nina and Darrell?”
And the other answers, “Because they could.”

Related Characters: Roxy Monke (speaker), Tunde Edo (speaker), Darrell Monke, Nina
Page Number: 324
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 43 Quotes

There is a voice in Margot’s head. It says; You can’t get there from here.
She sees it all in that instant, the shape of the tree of power. Root to tip, branching and re-branching. Of course, the old tree still stands. There is only one way, and that is to blast it entirely to pieces.

Related Characters: Margot Cleary, Jocelyn Cleary, The voice , Darrell Monke, Bernie Monke
Related Symbols: Tree
Page Number: 364
Explanation and Analysis:
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Darrell Monke Quotes in The Power

The The Power quotes below are all either spoken by Darrell Monke or refer to Darrell Monke. 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:
Power and Violence Theme Icon
).
Chapter 24: Roxy Quotes

Sam says, “He was asking for it. He begged us for it. Fucking begged us, followed us, told us what he wanted done to him. Filthy little scrote, knew just what he was looking for, couldn’t get enough of it, wanted us to hurt him, would have licked up my piss if I’d asked him, that’s your fucking brother. Looks like butter wouldn’t melt, but he’s a dirty little boy.”

Related Characters: Roxy Monke, Darrell Monke, Ricky Monke
Page Number: 177
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 34: Roxy Quotes

In the dark of the night he tells her about Nina and how she published his words and his photographs under her name. And how he knows by that that she was always waiting to take from him everything he had. And she tells him about Darrell and what was taken from her, and in that telling he knows everything; why she carries herself like this and why she's been hiding all these long weeks and why she thinks she can’t go home and why she hasn’t struck against Darrell at once and with great fury, as a Monke would do. She had half forgotten her own name until he reminded her of it.

One of them says, "Why did they do it, Nina and Darrell?”
And the other answers, “Because they could.”

Related Characters: Roxy Monke (speaker), Tunde Edo (speaker), Darrell Monke, Nina
Page Number: 324
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 43 Quotes

There is a voice in Margot’s head. It says; You can’t get there from here.
She sees it all in that instant, the shape of the tree of power. Root to tip, branching and re-branching. Of course, the old tree still stands. There is only one way, and that is to blast it entirely to pieces.

Related Characters: Margot Cleary, Jocelyn Cleary, The voice , Darrell Monke, Bernie Monke
Related Symbols: Tree
Page Number: 364
Explanation and Analysis: