Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

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Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Julian Enriquez Character Analysis

A nasty and homophobic classmate of Ari’s. Ari has known Julian since they were kids who played sports together, and he’s never liked him. Julian is one of four teen boys who attack Daniel and Dante when they find them kissing. The beating is severe enough to put Dante in the intensive care unit. Ari successfully seeks Julian out and breaks his nose in retaliation, and he gets out of paying for Julian’s ER visit by threatening to out him to the cops.

Julian Enriquez Quotes in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

The Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe quotes below are all either spoken by Julian Enriquez or refer to Julian Enriquez. 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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Part Six, Chapter Four Quotes

Sometimes, you do things and you do them not because you’re thinking but because you’re feeling. Because you’re feeling too much. And you can’t always control the things you do when you’re feeling too much. Maybe the difference between being a boy and being a man is that boys couldn’t control the awful things they sometimes felt. And men could. That afternoon, I was just a boy. Not even close to being a man.

I was a boy. A boy who went crazy. Crazy, crazy.

Related Characters: Aristotle “Ari” Mendoza (speaker), Dante Quintana, Julian Enriquez, Daniel
Page Number: 311
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Julian Enriquez Quotes in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

The Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe quotes below are all either spoken by Julian Enriquez or refer to Julian Enriquez. 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:
Identity, Ethnicity, and Masculinity Theme Icon
).
Part Six, Chapter Four Quotes

Sometimes, you do things and you do them not because you’re thinking but because you’re feeling. Because you’re feeling too much. And you can’t always control the things you do when you’re feeling too much. Maybe the difference between being a boy and being a man is that boys couldn’t control the awful things they sometimes felt. And men could. That afternoon, I was just a boy. Not even close to being a man.

I was a boy. A boy who went crazy. Crazy, crazy.

Related Characters: Aristotle “Ari” Mendoza (speaker), Dante Quintana, Julian Enriquez, Daniel
Page Number: 311
Explanation and Analysis: