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Wendy is Danny’s mother. At the beginning of the story, Danny lives with her and his sister, Julia, in Leucadia, an affluent area in San Diego. After Wendy relocates to San Francisco to be with her new boyfriend, Randy, Danny chooses to move to stay with his father Javier’s side of the family instead. Javier is Mexican, and Wendy is white. At first Danny resents his mother (and himself) for her whiteness, thinking that it contributed to Javier’s decision to abandon the family. As he matures, though, Danny learns about the domestic abuse that Javier subjected Wendy to and gains more sympathy for her situation.
Wendy Quotes in Mexican WhiteBoy
The Mexican WhiteBoy quotes below are all either spoken by Wendy or refer to Wendy. 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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The Shot Heard Round the Cul-de-Sac
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But what I wanted to tell you, Dad, is how much I’ve changed since that day. How much better I am. How much stronger and darker and more Mexican I am. Matter of fact, just today I knocked some kid out.
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Stuck in Uncle Tommy’s Apartment
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Watching Randy run a hand through his short sandy-blond hair, Danny shook his head. The way his dad might. Of course, he thought, a white guy.
Del Mar Fair
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He rubs his eyes and looks up into the tree but the hawks are gone. The whole family. He stands up and looks for them harder […]. …But it’s no use. They’re gone. And he feels so sad […].
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Mexican WhiteBoy
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Back in Little League he’d amaze all his teammates with his pitching, the parents in the stands, the coaches. His dad. But then his family split at the seams. And he, Julia, and his mom moved a bunch of times. Now when he toed a rubber in front of the team, he had no idea where his next pitch would end up.
Danny Overhears Sofia and Uncle Tommy
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He and Ray both got in a lot of trouble when we were kids. Some pretty violent stuff. Fights and assaults. Definitely wasn’t the first time.
A Final Phone Call from San Francisco
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I could meet Prince Charming and it wouldn’t be any different. ‘All better’ isn’t something you can find in a man.
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Wendy Quotes in Mexican WhiteBoy
The Mexican WhiteBoy quotes below are all either spoken by Wendy or refer to Wendy. 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:
).
The Shot Heard Round the Cul-de-Sac
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But what I wanted to tell you, Dad, is how much I’ve changed since that day. How much better I am. How much stronger and darker and more Mexican I am. Matter of fact, just today I knocked some kid out.
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Stuck in Uncle Tommy’s Apartment
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Watching Randy run a hand through his short sandy-blond hair, Danny shook his head. The way his dad might. Of course, he thought, a white guy.
Del Mar Fair
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He rubs his eyes and looks up into the tree but the hawks are gone. The whole family. He stands up and looks for them harder […]. …But it’s no use. They’re gone. And he feels so sad […].
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Mexican WhiteBoy
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Back in Little League he’d amaze all his teammates with his pitching, the parents in the stands, the coaches. His dad. But then his family split at the seams. And he, Julia, and his mom moved a bunch of times. Now when he toed a rubber in front of the team, he had no idea where his next pitch would end up.
Danny Overhears Sofia and Uncle Tommy
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He and Ray both got in a lot of trouble when we were kids. Some pretty violent stuff. Fights and assaults. Definitely wasn’t the first time.
A Final Phone Call from San Francisco
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I could meet Prince Charming and it wouldn’t be any different. ‘All better’ isn’t something you can find in a man.
