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- They wonder if parents ever outgrow sex, and Dante asks if it makes Ari think of Bernardo. Ari says that everything makes him think of his brother. Dante suggests that Ari sit Mom and Dad down and force them to talk about Bernardo like adults, but Ari believes this won’t work.
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Bernardo Mendoza. Ari ’s older brother who has been in prison for the last decade. Mom, Dad, Cecelia, and Sylvia don’t talk about Bernardo except occasionally in passing, so Ari has no real sense of who Bernardo is or what he did to end up in prison.
They wonder if parents ever outgrow sex, and Dante asks if it makes Ari think of Bernardo. Ari says that everything makes him think of his brother. Dante suggests that Ari sit Mom and Dad down and force them to talk about Bernardo like adults, but Ari believes this won’t work.
Mom tells Ari that Dante called, and asks if Ari is going to call him back. She points out that he’s been moping and lifting weights for five days now. Ari says this isn’t true; he’s been reading and thinking about Bernardo too. He’d like to start writing to him.
Do you think Ari and his brother Bernardo might be similar in some ways? If so, how and in what ways? Considering that we never see Bernardo, who is Ari's brother, in person, he is a surprisingly important character in the novel.
Aristotle dreams that he and his brother Bernardo are standing on opposite sides of the border. Then he sees his brother and father standing on opposite sides of the river, with “the hurt of all the sons and all the fathers of the world” on their faces (77).
Feb 25, 2024 · Ari’s internal landscape is marked by a sense of loneliness, anger, and a desire for understanding – both of himself and the world around him. Ari’s friendship with Dante becomes a pivotal aspect of his journey towards self-discovery. Initially, he is reserved, even skeptical of forming close bonds.
Ari tells Dante that Bernardo was imprisoned for murdering a sex worker after discovering she was a transgender woman. Bernardo also murdered someone else in a juvenile detention center. Dante tells Ari that he “wasn’t really kissing Daniel.
