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Callie is a 28-year-old professional sculptor and bohemian whom Norval dates after Liliana’s death. Callie is independent and bohemian, representing a more progressive vision of womanhood than Iris has ever seen before. For this reason, Iris idolizes her. Callie is also a communist (or a communist sympathizer) who is friends with Alex—but she potentially betrays him to Richard after Richard bails her out of jail.
Callista (Callie) Fitzsimmons Quotes in The Blind Assassin
The The Blind Assassin quotes below are all either spoken by Callista (Callie) Fitzsimmons or refer to Callista (Callie) Fitzsimmons. 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 5 Quotes
Although I was beginning to like him better, I’m ashamed to admit that I was more than a little skeptical about this story. There was too much melodrama in it—too much luck, both bad and good. I was still too young to be a believer in coincidence. And if he’d been trying to make an impression on Laura—was he trying?—he couldn’t have chosen a better way.
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Callista (Callie) Fitzsimmons Character Timeline in The Blind Assassin
The timeline below shows where the character Callista (Callie) Fitzsimmons appears in The Blind Assassin. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5
...called the Weary Soldier commissioned by Norval. Controversially, he recruited a young female sculptor named Callista Fitzsimmons to make it.
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When young Iris meets Callista, who goes by Callie, the sculptor is 28 and striking. Before long, Callie comes to...
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...extra discipline, as she’s done nothing wrong. When Iris gets her first period, she tells Callie, convinced she’s dying. Callie explains that it isn’t serious and suggests that Iris call it...
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...“proletarian mode.” Laura introduces him as Alex Thomas, explaining that he is a friend of Callie’s. When Iris mentions Richard, Alex called him “the sweatshop tycoon.” Alex offers Iris a cigarette,...
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...Norval, meanwhile, warns Laura that she needs to stop extending charitable invitations to strangers. However, Callie assures Norval that Alex is “all right.”
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...a husband to speak of. Because of the Depression, far fewer people have been commissioning Callie’s sculptures, and so she has resorted to making bas-reliefs for the outside of insurance companies...
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Callie’s outfit looks like an attempt at signaling resistance to the dinner, whereas Alex seems to...
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...“his big house and fancy daughters.” Norval stops coming to eat in the dining room. Callie comes to see him, saying that she’s horrified by how he’s treating his workers. A...
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Chapter 9
...Water Nixie. After Winifred goes off to nap, Laura tells Iris that Reenie yelled at Callie at Norval’s funeral, chastising her for not coming earlier while Norval was dying. Laura recalls...
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Winifred mentions that Callie was recently arrested during a roundup at “a pinko party.” She called, trying to get...
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Chapter 13
Even more confused, Iris asks what Laura means. Laura explains that Callie knew where Alex was hiding and told Richard after he bailed her out of jail....
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Chapter 14
Before leaving Toronto, Iris also goes to see Callie, who’s working on a commission of three female factory workers that’s to go on the...
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