Bodega Dreams

by

Ernesto Quiñones

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Mr. Blessington Character Analysis

Mr. Blessington is a white, prejudiced English teacher who oppresses Latinx children (including Julio, Sapo, and Blanca) by dismissing Latinx culture as inferior. He thinks that Latinx students are destined to wind up as criminals and prostitutes. He also abuses his power and gets away with being violent in class, knowing that the administration will never believe a Latinx student’s word against his. Sapo drops out of middle school after getting into a physical altercation with Mr. Blessington. His descent into a life of crime after Mr. Blessington’s abuse highlights the demoralizing oppression that Latinx children face in schools.

Mr. Blessington Quotes in Bodega Dreams

The Bodega Dreams quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Blessington or refer to Mr. Blessington . 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:
Latinx Immigrants and Broken Dreams Theme Icon
).
Book 2, Round 1 Quotes

“[…] Mr. Blessington told me I was going to end up in jail, so why waste my time doing homework?”

Related Characters: Sapo (speaker), Julio Mercado, Mr. Blessington , Mr. Tapia
Page Number: 88
Explanation and Analysis:

Julia-day-Burgos is so obscure it would be hard to find a single poem of hers. In any language.

Related Characters: Mr. Blessington (speaker), Julio Mercado, Sapo, Nancy “Blanca” Saldivia, Julia de Burgos
Page Number: 88
Explanation and Analysis:
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Mr. Blessington Quotes in Bodega Dreams

The Bodega Dreams quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Blessington or refer to Mr. Blessington . 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:
Latinx Immigrants and Broken Dreams Theme Icon
).
Book 2, Round 1 Quotes

“[…] Mr. Blessington told me I was going to end up in jail, so why waste my time doing homework?”

Related Characters: Sapo (speaker), Julio Mercado, Mr. Blessington , Mr. Tapia
Page Number: 88
Explanation and Analysis:

Julia-day-Burgos is so obscure it would be hard to find a single poem of hers. In any language.

Related Characters: Mr. Blessington (speaker), Julio Mercado, Sapo, Nancy “Blanca” Saldivia, Julia de Burgos
Page Number: 88
Explanation and Analysis: