Gina Navarro Character Analysis in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

One of Ari’s classmates. It’s possible that she has a crush on Ari, but this is never substantiated and is just a suspicion of Ari’s. She hangs out often with Susie Byrd. Both Gina and Susie are annoying to Ari, as they want to know about his accident and hang out with him often, but it takes him almost a year to understand that the girls do this because they care about him and not just to be obnoxious. They regularly visit him at work at the Charcoaler and invite him to parties. Ari recognizes that he feels comfortable around them in a way that he doesn’t with other boys.

Gina Navarro Character Timeline in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

The timeline below shows where the character Gina Navarro appears in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Silence and Trauma vs. Communication Theme Icon

...explains that he isn’t popular. He hangs out with a few guys and two girls, Gina Navarro and Susie Byrd, who torment him. He thinks that things aren’t so bad—nobody hates... (full context)

Gina Navarro sits down next to Ari during lunch on the first day of school and... (full context)

Intellectualism and Emotion vs. Physical Strength Theme Icon

...one interesting thing that happened to them over the summer. Ari hates this, especially since Gina, Susie, and Charlie are all in his class. He checks out after a few classmates... (full context)

Identity, Ethnicity, and Masculinity Theme Icon

Susie and Gina help Ari track down Ileana’s locker, but they also warn him to leave Ileana alone.... (full context)

...driver’s license and for college, lifting weights, running with Legs, reading Dante’s letters, arguing with Gina and Susie, thinking about Ileana, looking through microfilm, writing, having bad dreams, and working at... (full context)

Gina and Susie start stopping by the Charcoaler around closing time on Fridays. They order food... (full context)

...Work isn’t busy, so the staff sings along with their favorite songs of the year. Gina and Susie come through right before closing. When Ari takes their order out, they invite... (full context)

...refuses and says that she has a boyfriend who’s in a gang. Ari thinks of Gina saying that Ileana is playing with him, and Ileana says that her boyfriend will hurt... (full context)

On the last day of school, Gina tells Ari that he looks like a hunk after a year of working out. She... (full context)

...idiot. They all lie down and look at the sky. Ari listens to Susie and Gina talk and thinks that it’s nice listening to them. He wonders what it’d be like... (full context)

...the drugstore where Dante works before heading to the Charcoaler. Dante smiles and says that Gina and Susie came in a while ago, and they asked if Dante knew Ari. He... (full context)

Dante and Ari argue about whether or not Ari should be upset that Gina and Susie found out about Dante and the accident. Ari gets up to go and... (full context)