Victor Character Analysis in Make Your Home Among Strangers

Victor is a young man about Lizet’s age who attended her high school. Victor’s grandmother is involved with the Ariel Hernandez case and the Madres Para Justicia—and by proxy, so is Victor. Lizet meets him when she goes with Lourdes to Ariel’s apartment complex, and he speaks to her cruelly, calling her a “sellout” for leaving Miami and accusing her of spying on the people working on Ariel’s behalf so that she can report on them.

Victor Character Timeline in Make Your Home Among Strangers

The timeline below shows where the character Victor appears in Make Your Home Among Strangers. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...back porch and begins eating, but soon grows aware that the boy from the food table—Victor—is staring at her. After a minute, he tells Lizet that he knows her from Hialeah... (full context)

Lizet asks Victor more about how he knows her mother, but Victor tells her not to change the... (full context)

At this point, Lizet tries to walk away, but Victor demands to know why she’s here. She’s already a sellout, he says, and he wants... (full context)

As she falls asleep, Lizet tries to rewrite the conversation with Victor in her head, and rearrange the things he said to try and make it seem... (full context)