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Sammy “The Shark” Baldino
Dominic is an Italian boy living in the same neighborhood as the Lisbons. He impresses the neighborhood boys by talking about how in love he is with a girl named Diana Porter, eventually jumping off a roof because he can’t be with her. He falls into the bushes and is completely unharmed, but some people think Cecilia had a crush on him and was inspired by him to try to take her own life.
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Dominic Palazzolo Character Timeline in The Virgin Suicides
The timeline below shows where the character Dominic Palazzolo appears in The Virgin Suicides. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...theory in the neighborhood is that Cecilia’s suicide attempt was tied to her crush on Dominic Palazzolo. Dominic is an immigrant living with relatives, and he’s desperately in love with a...
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Cecilia—and the neighborhood boys—watched Dominic take his plunge. He survived. In fact, he landed softly in his relatives’ carefully manicured...
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Chapter 2
...took as part of their investigation—doesn’t provide much insight. The only thing she wrote about Dominic Palazzolo reads: “Palazzolo jumped off the roof today over that rich bitch, Porter. How stupid...
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