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An Oakland drug dealer whose intimidating, tough demeanor masks a deep and fierce love for his family. Octavio has known great sorrow and loss throughout his life, losing his mother and brother in a car accident and his cousin Manny in a drug-related episode of violence. Octavio, himself in hot water with his higher-ups due to Charles and Carlos’s carelessness, comes up with a plan to rob the Big Oakland Powwow. Octavio hopes to use the money to pay his debts and improve things for his family, demonstrating that behind even terrible acts of violence, there are sometimes good intentions. The narrator of the novel’s thoughtful interlude expresses a kind of empathy for Octavio and his gang, suggesting that the bullets fired at the powwow have been traveling there for years and for miles—implying that there are uncountable and unknowable factors, missed connections, and twists of fate which lead any individual at the brink to take their final step off the ledge.
Octavio Gomez Quotes in There There
The There There quotes below are all either spoken by Octavio Gomez or refer to Octavio Gomez. 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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Part IV: Calvin Johnson (4)
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[Calvin] looks over to Tony, who’s bouncing a little—he’s light on his feet like he’s ready to dance. Tony’s supposed to do the actual robbing. The rest of them are there in case anything goes wrong. Octavio never explained why he wants Tony in regalia, and why he should be the one to take the money. Calvin assumes it’s because someone in regalia would be harder to identify, and ultimately harder to investigate.
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Octavio Gomez Quotes in There There
The There There quotes below are all either spoken by Octavio Gomez or refer to Octavio Gomez. 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:
).
Part IV: Calvin Johnson (4)
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[Calvin] looks over to Tony, who’s bouncing a little—he’s light on his feet like he’s ready to dance. Tony’s supposed to do the actual robbing. The rest of them are there in case anything goes wrong. Octavio never explained why he wants Tony in regalia, and why he should be the one to take the money. Calvin assumes it’s because someone in regalia would be harder to identify, and ultimately harder to investigate.
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