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The Two Migrant Men
Carlos is an old friend of Sebastián who lives in Chilpancingo. To avoid the potentially dangerous roadblocks on the way to Mexico City, Lydia and Luca disembark their bus at Chilpancingo and track down Carlos to see if he will help then. Carlos’s American-born wife Meredith is very involved in her church, and the couple arranges for Lydia and Luca to travel to Mexico City in a church van, allowing them to make it past roadblocks unharmed.
Carlos Quotes in American Dirt
The American Dirt quotes below are all either spoken by Carlos or refer to Carlos. 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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Chapter 9 Quotes
In Carlos and Meredith’s house in Chilpancingo, there are new ghosts to contend with. Trauma waits for stillness. Lydia feels like a cracked egg, she doesn’t know if she is the shell or the yolk or the white. She is scrambled. […] Lydia tries to read but her mind can’t hold the words. […] So instead she tries to keep her body occupied. […] She watches as Luca grows silent.
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Carlos Quotes in American Dirt
The American Dirt quotes below are all either spoken by Carlos or refer to Carlos. 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:
).
Chapter 9 Quotes
In Carlos and Meredith’s house in Chilpancingo, there are new ghosts to contend with. Trauma waits for stillness. Lydia feels like a cracked egg, she doesn’t know if she is the shell or the yolk or the white. She is scrambled. […] Lydia tries to read but her mind can’t hold the words. […] So instead she tries to keep her body occupied. […] She watches as Luca grows silent.
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