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Juan Reyes Fragua, who is only referred to by name once in the novel, is the man whom Abel murders at the end of “The Longhair.” During a ceremonial ritual, the albino man beats Abel with the body of a dead rooster. After the festivities end, Abel and the albino man drink together and have a conversation that the narration does not reveal. After this, they go outside together and Abel stabs the albino man to death, convinced that the man is his enemy. The omniscient narrator never provides the albino man’s perspective, only showing him through the eyes of people who consider him ugly and evil. The albino man’s true nature and motivations thus remain a mystery. Abel feels no remorse for killing him, since he is certain the albino man is his enemy, but this defense holds no weight in court and Abel is sentenced to prison time.
Juan Reyes Fragua/The Albino Man Quotes in House Made of Dawn
The House Made of Dawn quotes below are all either spoken by Juan Reyes Fragua/The Albino Man or refer to Juan Reyes Fragua/The Albino Man. 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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6. The Longhair, August 1
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And then they were ready, the two of them. They went out into the darkness and the rain. […] When they were midway between the river and the road, they stopped. […] All around was silence, save for the sound of the rain and the moan of the wind in the wires. Abel waited. The white man raised his arms, as if to embrace him, and came forward. But Abel had already taken hold of the knife, and he drew it. He leaned inside the white man’s arms and drove the blade up under the bones of the breast and across. […] [The white man] closed his hands upon Abel and drew him close.
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8. The Priest of the Sun, January 26
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When he had told his story once, simply, Abel refused to speak. […] That was good, for he should not have known what more to say. Word by word by word these men were disposing of him in language, their language, and they were making a bad job of it.
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Juan Reyes Fragua/The Albino Man Quotes in House Made of Dawn
The House Made of Dawn quotes below are all either spoken by Juan Reyes Fragua/The Albino Man or refer to Juan Reyes Fragua/The Albino Man. 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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6. The Longhair, August 1
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And then they were ready, the two of them. They went out into the darkness and the rain. […] When they were midway between the river and the road, they stopped. […] All around was silence, save for the sound of the rain and the moan of the wind in the wires. Abel waited. The white man raised his arms, as if to embrace him, and came forward. But Abel had already taken hold of the knife, and he drew it. He leaned inside the white man’s arms and drove the blade up under the bones of the breast and across. […] [The white man] closed his hands upon Abel and drew him close.
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8. The Priest of the Sun, January 26
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When he had told his story once, simply, Abel refused to speak. […] That was good, for he should not have known what more to say. Word by word by word these men were disposing of him in language, their language, and they were making a bad job of it.
