Patron Saints of Nothing
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Prologue
Wisdom from On High
Unanswered
How He Lived
An Improvement to Society
A Narrower Country Than Expected
Let Me Go
Grounded
Things Inside
Like a Fog
The Strength of My Conviction
A New Silence Arrives
Some Small Rebellion
Every Single Surviving Word
Not an Answer to the Question
Lead the Way
You Can Hold on to Me If You Need To
All That it Means
A Visit
The Word of God
That Last Part Aloud
A Complete Waste
Fail Him in Death
This Poem is a Typhoon
Let’s Do It
The Wide Eyes of the Lost
A Universe Where People Do Not Die for Doing What is Right
Everyone Loses Their Shit
To Flood
Its Center Unsolved
Another Day in the Minefield
Go Back to Sleep
Bravery As if It Were My Own
The Darkness Uninterrupted
New Life
Headfirst Across the Muddy Grass
To Resurrect
How to Live Without Him
All the Darkness in the World
A Seed
Every Detail of This Finite Moment
Our Separate Ways
Patron Saints of Nothing
Themes
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Truth, Adolescence, and Justice
Responsibility, Guilt, and Blame
Culture and Belonging
Death and Meaning
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Jay Reguero
Jun
Tito Maning
Grace
Tita Chato
Jay’s Dad
Mia
Reyna
Tito Danilo
Jay’s Mom
Angel
Tita Ami
Brian Santos
Seth
Em
Chris
Tita Ines
María
Lolo
Lola
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Balikbayan box
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The Letters
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Patron Saints of Nothing
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Randy Ribay
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Prologue
Wisdom from On High
Unanswered
How He Lived
An Improvement to Society
A Narrower Country Than Expected
Let Me Go
Grounded
Things Inside
Like a Fog
The Strength of My Conviction
A New Silence Arrives
Some Small Rebellion
Every Single Surviving Word
Not an Answer to the Question
Lead the Way
You Can Hold on to Me If You Need To
All That it Means
A Visit
The Word of God
That Last Part Aloud
A Complete Waste
Fail Him in Death
This Poem is a Typhoon
Let’s Do It
The Wide Eyes of the Lost
A Universe Where People Do Not Die for Doing What is Right
Everyone Loses Their Shit
To Flood
Its Center Unsolved
Another Day in the Minefield
Go Back to Sleep
Bravery As if It Were My Own
The Darkness Uninterrupted
New Life
Headfirst Across the Muddy Grass
To Resurrect
How to Live Without Him
All the Darkness in the World
A Seed
Every Detail of This Finite Moment
Our Separate Ways
Patron Saints of Nothing
Themes
All Themes
Truth, Adolescence, and Justice
Responsibility, Guilt, and Blame
Culture and Belonging
Death and Meaning
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Jay Reguero
Jun
Tito Maning
Grace
Tita Chato
Jay’s Dad
Mia
Reyna
Tito Danilo
Jay’s Mom
Angel
Tita Ami
Brian Santos
Seth
Em
Chris
Tita Ines
María
Lolo
Lola
Terms
All Terms
Balikbayan box
Symbols
All Symbols
The Letters
Theme Wheel
Theme Viz
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balikbayan
literally translates to “return to country” in Tagalog and refers to a Filipino individual who comes back to the Philippines after a period of at least a year abroad. A
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