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A nasty and homophobic classmate of Ari’s. Ari has known Julian since they were kids who played sports together, and he’s never liked him. Julian is one of four teen boys who attack Daniel and Dante when they find them kissing. The beating is severe enough to put Dante in the intensive care unit. Ari successfully seeks Julian out and breaks his nose in retaliation, and he gets out of paying for Julian’s ER visit by threatening to out him to the cops.
Julian Enriquez Quotes in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
The Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe quotes below are all either spoken by Julian Enriquez or refer to Julian Enriquez. 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 Six, Chapter Four Quotes
Sometimes, you do things and you do them not because you’re thinking but because you’re feeling. Because you’re feeling too much. And you can’t always control the things you do when you’re feeling too much. Maybe the difference between being a boy and being a man is that boys couldn’t control the awful things they sometimes felt. And men could. That afternoon, I was just a boy. Not even close to being a man.
I was a boy. A boy who went crazy. Crazy, crazy.
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Julian Enriquez Character Timeline in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
The timeline below shows where the character Julian Enriquez appears in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part Six, Chapter Four
...collar and demands names. Daniel says it was four guys, but he only knew two: Julian Enriquez and Joe Moncada. Ari confirms that Daniel left Dante there, but Daniel says that...
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Part Six, Chapter Five
Ari knows Julian Enriquez. They played baseball together in grade school, but they never liked each other. He...
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Mr. Rodriguez incredulously asks Ari what happened, but Ari can’t talk. Mr. Rodriguez helps Julian up, and Julian whispers that he’s going to kill Ari. Mr. Rodriguez tells Ari that...
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Part Six, Chapter Six
Ari doesn’t notice Julian’s blood on him until he gets home. He sits in the driveway shaking. He knows...
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Part Six, Chapter Twelve
...to go after the other boys. He says that he’s not going to pay for Julian’s ER visit if the boys don’t have to pay for Dante’s hospital stay, and Dad...
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Part Six, Chapter Thirteen
...sad and he’s afraid that he’s like him. Dante says that he knows Ari broke Julian’s nose and asks why Ari never told him. Ari says that he just wanted to...
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...awful person. Ari wouldn’t have left Dante. Dante says that he’s glad that Ari broke Julian’s nose and tries to defend Daniel when Ari insists that he doesn’t care about Dante....
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Part Six, Chapter Eighteen
...that Dante is just his friend, but Dad points out that Ari also beat up Julian. Ari asks why Dad is talking like this and cries as Dad says that he...
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