Fighting Fish Inside Out and Back Again
14-year-old Brother Khôi is Hà'south third-oldest brother. He'southward an beast lover and her most sensitive, "agreeable" brother. He'southward raised fighting fish in the past, and in the novel'south present in Vietnam, he's trying desperately to get his allotted eggs from his hen to hatch rather than eating them. When an egg finally hatches, Brother Khôi and Hà brand a pact to stay in Saigon and protect his chick and Hà's papaya tree, though Mother ultimately convinces Brother Khôi to join the family unit in fleeing the country. However, Blood brother Khôi tries to bring his chick with him, and it dies effectually the time the family boards the ship. Information technology takes two weeks for anyone to investigate the rotting olfactory property coming from his jacket and observe the chick'south trunk, and Brother Khôi is distraught to lose his chick. Hà helps him feel improve past performing a burial ceremony and tossing the chick into the sea in her doll'due south arms, but subsequently this, Brother Khôi seldom speaks. However, in Alabama, Brother Khôi demonstrates his honey for and support of Hà past letting her ride along on his bike to and from school so she can better avoid bullies. He'southward also the one to come upwardly with the plan to protect Hà from Pink Boy'south cousin, who is going to beat up Hà. At the end of the novel, Brother Khôi insists to Female parent that he wants to be a veterinary—something Mother doesn't fully support, as she'd rather he study to exist a "real md."
Brother Khôi Quotes in Inside Out and Back Once more
The Inside Out and Dorsum Again quotes below are all either spoken by Blood brother Khôi or refer to Brother Khôi. For each quote, you lot can also meet the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its ain dot and icon, similar this one:
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They're heading to Vūng Tau,
he says,
where the rich go
to flee Vietnam
on prowl ships.
I'm glad we've become poor
so we can stay.
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Female parent says
if the price of eggs
were not the price of rice,
and the price of rice
were not the price of gasoline,
and the toll of gasoline
were non the toll of aureate,
then of form
Blood brother Khôi
could continue hatching eggs.
She's sad.
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Brother Khôi nods
and I grin,
but I regret
non having my doll
as soon every bit the white bundle
sinks into the sea.
Related Symbols: Dolls
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Brother Khôi Character Timeline in Inside Out and Back Once more
The timeline below shows where the character Blood brother Khôi appears in Inside Out and Back Again. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
...startles Hà every time he shouts, "Hà, Ya" and breaks wood to imitate Bruce Lee. Blood brother Khôi , meanwhile, calls Hà "Mother'southward Tail" because Hà sticks and then shut to Mother. Hà tin can't... (total context)
...Hà's papaya tree grew from a black seed. Now, information technology'south twice as tall as Hà. Blood brother Khôi , who'south 14 and taller than Hà, spotted its beginning flower. Brother Vū was the... (total context)
...as she drives abroad. Hà would nevertheless exist standing and looking into the altitude if Brother Khôi hadn't led Hà away. He explains that TiTi's family is traveling to Vūng Tau, where... (full context)
Eggs. It's March 17, and Brother Khôi is mad at Mother for taking the eggs his hen provides. The hen only lays... (full context)
...they should go. Brother Quang insists they must stay to help rebuild the country, and Brother Khôi asks what will happen if Begetter comes back and they're gone. Brother Vū says they... (full context)
Sssshhhhhhh. Just before dawn on April 18, Brother Khôi shakes Hà awake and leads her to the back garden. He shows her a tiny,... (full context)
...pass, she sews more and more than slowly. When she finishes the commencement of five bags, Brother Khôi tells her to but brand three. At this, Female parent grabs Father'due south portrait off a shelf... (full context)
...cowboy belt Brother Vū sewed when he still liked Johnny Cash more than Bruce Lee. Brother Khôi leaves behind the glass jars in which he raised fighting fish, and Hà leaves her... (full context)
...in forepart of him, lifts Hà onto his shoulders, and then presses Brother Quang and Brother Khôi forrad. Hà decides she'll never make fun of Bruce Lee again. (full context)
...gild. Brother Vū'due south afternoon lessons are meliorate, because he walks kids through kicks and punches. Blood brother Khôi monitors the bathroom lines; using the bathroom on the ship means hanging i's lesser over... (full context)
Blood brother Khôi 's Surreptitious. Nobody can ignore now that Blood brother Khôi stinks. He insists on wearing a... (full context)
...his middle with a toothbrush. To Hà, those people's pain doesn't seem real next to Brother Khôi 'south grief over his lost chick. Hà takes Brother Khôi's hand and leads him to... (full context)
...the girls beg Brother Vū to break more wood as she goes to sit with Blood brother Khôi . He doesn't speak much anymore, simply Hà is happy to sit with him. This... (full context)
...sauce, and canned corn. Simply today, the cowboy brings fried chicken in a paper bucket. Brother Khôi draws back, and the cowboy bites into a leg and smiles. Hà, Brother Quang, and... (full context)
...cook or teach martial arts, not repeat his senior year. Mother only tells him, "College." Brother Khôi gets a cycle, but Female parent insists that even though Hà is the oldest kid in... (full context)
Quiet Inside. When Hà gets habitation, Brother Khôi is there, sitting silently. Hà joins him, and they crush peanuts in silence. Mother gets... (full context)
Chin Nod. When Hà is halfway down the block the adjacent forenoon, she hears Brother Khôi 's bike. He pats the upper bar of the frame and Hà climbs on sidesaddle.... (total context)
Wishes. Hà wishes that Brother Khôi wouldn't stay silent about what he goes through every solar day, that Mother would finish hiding... (full context)
...She stays in the bathroom while everyone else goes exterior. After schoolhouse, Hà hides until Brother Khôi arrives on his wheel. But when Hà is with Vu Lee, practicing her squat and... (full context)
...slams her door. Every bit more people don't open their doors, Brother Quang, Vu Lee, and Brother Khôi 'southward faces plow red. But when the cowboy leads them to the house to their... (full context)
...used to live in the jungle with tigers. Hà knows this at present because she asked Blood brother Khôi if he hears the same things at his schoolhouse. He nodded. At present that Hà understands,... (full context)
...Lee'south students wear yellow, and some wear suits like Bruce Lee wears. Blood brother Quang and Brother Khôi bring together in, and one time, Hà spots Mother smile from inside. (total context)
...at her. When Hà takes a wrong turn and finds herself heading away from where Blood brother Khôi volition be, she races fifty-fifty faster. She can barely run into through her tears. Finally, the... (total context)
...Face. One time over again, boys are chasing Hà and yelling "Boo-Da" at her. Hà runs toward Brother Khôi , but she still has to listen to their taunts. Only this time, Hà turns... (full context)
A Plan. Hà doesn't fifty-fifty take to tell Brother Khôi almost the threat, since he heard that Hà's face "is to exist flattened / flatter"... (total context)
...fast as she can. She'southward all alone—the boys must have followed Pem. Hà stops where Brother Khôi told her to wait, but Brother Khôi isn't at that place. Suddenly, Hà sees Pink Boy racing... (full context)
...helmet off, information technology turns out to be Vu Lee. Pink Boy hurries away merely as Brother Khôi runs upwardly pushing his bicycle, which has a flat tire. At Vu Lee's indicate, Hà... (full context)
...The cowboy gives Mother catfish, Blood brother Quang money to attend night college, Vu Lee jerky, Brother Khoi two fighting fish, and Hà a new glaze. MiSSSisss WaSShington gives a gong and jasmine... (full context)
...have escaped to France and has a new family unit—he might not remember his sometime family. Brother Khôi wonders if Father joined a monastery in Tibet. Hà doesn't have any exciting what-ifs, merely... (full context)
...get to cooking schoolhouse in San Francisco, where Bruce Lee once lived—this makes Mother sigh. Brother Khôi insists he'll be an animal medico. Female parent stops herself from saying something and nods. She'southward... (full context)
...gong to sound. Hà prays for Father and for Female parent, Brother Quang, Vu Lee, and Brother Khôi to be happy and successful. When she opens her eyes, the others are withal praying.... (total context)
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