Broadly, rain and rainstorms throughout the novel bring about clarity, knowledge, and understanding for all the characters. In this sense, it often represents the end of innocence and naïveté. Sometimes, this is violent and horrible, as when Ari dives in front of the car to save Dante after a rainstorm. Other times, it’s significantly more lighthearted, as when Ari and Dante run naked around the truck in the desert during a sudden rainstorm. Specifically, Mrs. Quintana’s regular refrain to Ari—“remember the rainstorm”—suggests that she sees the storm in which Ari was injured as the symbolic end of the boys’ childhoods and the beginning of their lives as experienced adults.
Rain Quotes in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
I guess it was enough just to hear the sound of Dante’s voice. It was like listening to a song. I kept thinking about the bird with the broken wing. Nobody told me what happened to the bird. And I couldn’t even ask because I would be breaking my own rule about not talking about the accident.
He looked tired but at that moment, as we sat at the kitchen table, there was something young about him. And I thought that maybe he was changing into someone else.
Everyone was always becoming someone else.
Sometimes, when you were older, you became someone younger. And me, I felt old. How can a guy who’s about to turn seventeen feel old?
Rain Symbol Timeline in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
