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The antagonist of the novel, Trent Bolger is one of the most popular kids at Darius’s school. Though he’s a known bully, because kids at school tolerate his behavior, he’s technically not in violation of the school’s Zero Tolerance Policy against bullying. Darius refers to him as a Soulless Minion of Orthodoxy; that is, he dresses and acts like a stereotypical cool kid and bullies others because he actually has no soul. Trent targets Darius more than other kids, as Darius’s name starts with D and therefore cruel nicknames like “D-Bag” are an easy choice.
Trent “Fatty” Bolger Quotes in Darius the Great Is Not Okay
The Darius the Great Is Not Okay quotes below are all either spoken by Trent “Fatty” Bolger or refer to Trent “Fatty” Bolger. 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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Moby the Whale
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I took my pills and gulped down the whole glass of water. Dad stood next to me, watching, like he was worried I was going to choke. He had this look on his face, the same disappointed look he had when I told him about how Fatty Bolger had replaced my bicycle’s seat with blue truck nuts.
He was ashamed of me.
He was ashamed of us.
Übermensches aren’t supposed to need medication.
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Temporal Displacement
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“You can’t keep trying to control him,” Mom said. “You have to let him make his own decisions.”
“You know how he gets treated,” Dad said. “You really want that for him?”
“No. But how is making him ashamed of everything going to fix it?”
“I don’t want him to be ashamed,” Dad said. “But he’s got enough going on with his depression, he doesn’t need to be bullied all the time too. He wouldn’t be such a target if he fit in more. If he could just, you know, act a little more normal.”
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Trent “Fatty” Bolger Quotes in Darius the Great Is Not Okay
The Darius the Great Is Not Okay quotes below are all either spoken by Trent “Fatty” Bolger or refer to Trent “Fatty” Bolger. 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:
).
Moby the Whale
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I took my pills and gulped down the whole glass of water. Dad stood next to me, watching, like he was worried I was going to choke. He had this look on his face, the same disappointed look he had when I told him about how Fatty Bolger had replaced my bicycle’s seat with blue truck nuts.
He was ashamed of me.
He was ashamed of us.
Übermensches aren’t supposed to need medication.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Temporal Displacement
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“You can’t keep trying to control him,” Mom said. “You have to let him make his own decisions.”
“You know how he gets treated,” Dad said. “You really want that for him?”
“No. But how is making him ashamed of everything going to fix it?”
“I don’t want him to be ashamed,” Dad said. “But he’s got enough going on with his depression, he doesn’t need to be bullied all the time too. He wouldn’t be such a target if he fit in more. If he could just, you know, act a little more normal.”
