Darius the Great Is Not Okay
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The Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities Truck Nuts The Distinguished Picard Crescent Moby the Whale Slingshot Maneuvers A Non-Passive Failure Intermix Ratio Olympus Mons Temporal Displacement There Are Four Lights The Dancing Fan The History of American-Iranian Relations A Holodeck Vision Soccer/Non-American Football The Ayatollah’s Turban Standard Parental Maneuver Alpha The Dessert Capital of the Ancient World Sins of the Father The Kolinahr Discipline Bette Davis Eyes Persian Casual My Cousin, the Ringwraith Main Sequence The Borg of Herbs The Khaki Kingdom A Tactical Withdrawal The Towers of Silence Yesterday’s Enterprise Father Issues Make It So Chelo Kabob The Virgo Supercluster The Age of Bahramis Magnetic Containment First, Best Destiny Through a Wormhole The Cracks of Doom The Best of Both Worlds Darius the Great
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All Themes Friendship Family Persian Identity and Culture Mental Health, Depression, and Connection Bullying
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Characters
All Characters Darius Kellner Sohrab Rezaei Dad Mom Laleh Kellner Mamou Babou Trent “Fatty” Bolger Chip Cusumano Sohrab’s Dad Sohrab’s Uncle/Agha Rezaei Ali-Reza Dayi Jamsheed Coach Fortes Customs Officer II
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All Terms Bahá’í Zoroastrianism
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All Symbols The Jersey The Messenger Bag
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay

by

Adib Khorram

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The Jersey

The Team Melli (Iranian national team) soccer jersey that Sohrab gives Darius symbolizes Darius’s relationship to his Persian identity. Prior to receiving the jersey, Darius doesn’t feel particularly Persian. On Nowruz, the Persian New Year…

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The Messenger Bag

The Kellner & Newton messenger bag that Darius borrows from Dad to take to Iran represents Darius and Dad’s changing relationship. Darius explains initially that he hates the bag for various reasons ranging from that…

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