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Ms. Sofia Mori
A relative of Sofia’s who is likely her older brother, given his eligibility to fight in World War II, though his relationship to her is never specified. The Mori family spent time in an internment camp during the Second World War. In response to America’s betrayal, Abe refused to fight in the war when he was drafted. He was imprisoned for his objection. After his release, he left the United States to live in Japan. However, he also felt like an outsider in the land of his ancestors. As of the time that Sofia tells her brother’s story, he’s still living in Japan. Despite the difficulties of living there as an American, she claims that he’s still happier in Japan than he was in the United States.
Abe Mori Quotes in The Sympathizer
The The Sympathizer quotes below are all either spoken by Abe Mori or refer to Abe Mori . 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 13 Quotes
After the war ended and he was freed, he thought he’d go back to his people, the way that he’d been told to all his life by white people, even though he was born here. So he went and found out that the people in Japan didn’t think he was one of them, either. To them he's one of us, and to us he's one of them. Neither one thing nor another.
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While looking at the family photo album on Sofia’s coffee table, Sonny tells the story of her brother Abe. Sofia’s family was forced into an internment camp during the Second World War. Sonny was then drafted to fight in the war. To protest the double injustice of being imprisoned as an enemy while also being asked to go fight on America’s behalf, Abe becomes a conscientious objector and is imprisoned. Still angry with the United States, he returns to Japan, accepting the notion that he might feel more at home among people who look like him. However, his upbringing in Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum
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Abe Mori Character Timeline in The Sympathizer
The timeline below shows where the character Abe Mori appears in The Sympathizer. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 13
Sonny leans over the photo album and points out her relatives by name, including Abe, presumably her brother, who refused to fight during World War II. He was sent to...
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