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The Spy
The District Collector (or DC) is a newly-appointed public official who arrives in the town of Shahkot late in the novel. Immediately after stepping off the train, he walks right into a crisis involving monkeys from Sampath’s tree. These monkeys have been stealing alcohol and making serious trouble in town, and it’s up to the District Collector to decide which plan should be used to solve this problem. The DC is a nervous man who isn’t always sure what to do. He feels sorry for Sampath when he sees him turning away from the crowds arguing over what to do about the monkeys. Mr. Gupta is the DC’s assistant.
District Collector Quotes in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
The Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard quotes below are all either spoken by District Collector or refer to District Collector. 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 21
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Immediately he decided he was not going to approve Verma’s plan. It was an absurd plan and why should he pass it when his own had been dismissed so readily? Nobody was considerate of him and he would not be considerate of Verma.
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Behind this frustration, though, there was something more: a terrible sadness and a feeling of vulnerability he did not wish to investigate, though it lapped against his immediate concerns, giving him, despite himself, the unsettling feeling of being afloat upon an infinite ocean. He would not, could not, consider this. To think of such things, he was sure, would mean drilling holes in his watertight heart; all sorts of doubts would pour in and he would be a lost man.
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District Collector Quotes in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
The Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard quotes below are all either spoken by District Collector or refer to District Collector. 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:
).
Chapter 21
Quotes
Immediately he decided he was not going to approve Verma’s plan. It was an absurd plan and why should he pass it when his own had been dismissed so readily? Nobody was considerate of him and he would not be considerate of Verma.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Behind this frustration, though, there was something more: a terrible sadness and a feeling of vulnerability he did not wish to investigate, though it lapped against his immediate concerns, giving him, despite himself, the unsettling feeling of being afloat upon an infinite ocean. He would not, could not, consider this. To think of such things, he was sure, would mean drilling holes in his watertight heart; all sorts of doubts would pour in and he would be a lost man.
