Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

by

Adib Khorram

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Dayi Jamsheed Character Analysis

Dayi Jamsheed is Mom’s brother, one of Darius’s uncles. He’s the only Bahrami, aside from Mamou and Babou, who still lives in Yazd, so he’s the one to drive Darius’s family to and from the airport. Though he’s kind, he also unwittingly makes Darius feel bad by suggesting that Darius isn’t very Persian because Darius doesn’t like cucumbers.

Dayi Jamsheed Quotes in Darius the Great Is Not Okay

The Darius the Great Is Not Okay quotes below are all either spoken by Dayi Jamsheed or refer to Dayi Jamsheed. 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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The Dancing Fan Quotes

In theory, taarof means putting others before yourself. In practice, it means when someone comes to your house, you have to offer them food; but since your guest is supposed to taarof, they have to refuse; and then you, the host, must taarof back, insisting that it’s really no trouble at all, and that they absolutely must eat; and so on, until one party gets too bewildered and finally gives in.

I never got the hang of taarofing. It’s not an American Social Cue.

Related Characters: Darius Kellner (speaker), Mom, Mamou, Babou, Dayi Jamsheed
Page Number: 78
Explanation and Analysis:
Persian Casual Quotes

And even though I hated getting shuffled around and grabbed by my love handles, my rubbery constipated face did relax into a smile.

I had never been surrounded by my family before. Not really.

When Dayi Jamsheed started herding us together into a big group photo, my eyes started burning. I couldn’t help it.

I loved them.

Related Characters: Darius Kellner (speaker), Dad, Mom, Laleh Kellner, Mamou, Babou, Dayi Jamsheed
Page Number: 174
Explanation and Analysis:
My Cousin, the Ringwraith Quotes

“You are not very Persian,” he said. “Not like Laleh.”

I looked down at my Team Melli jersey, which I still had on over my button-up.

This was the most Persian I had ever been in my entire life, and it still wasn’t enough.

“You are more like your dad. He doesn’t like them either,” he said. And then he grabbed a cucumber for himself and wandered off.

Related Characters: Darius Kellner (speaker), Dayi Jamsheed (speaker), Sohrab Rezaei, Dad, Laleh Kellner
Related Symbols: The Jersey
Page Number: 182-183
Explanation and Analysis:
Chelo Kabob Quotes

“What I like to do is use oil on my fingers, instead of water,” Dad said. “That way they don’t stick as much. It’s messy, though.”

The Bahrami men nodded in approval.

I wasn’t jealous of him.

Not really.

Maybe Dad’s place had been empty too.

Maybe he’d figured out how to fill it.

Maybe he had.

Related Characters: Darius Kellner (speaker), Dad (speaker), Sohrab Rezaei, Babou, Dayi Jamsheed, Dayi Soheil
Page Number: 261
Explanation and Analysis:
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Dayi Jamsheed Quotes in Darius the Great Is Not Okay

The Darius the Great Is Not Okay quotes below are all either spoken by Dayi Jamsheed or refer to Dayi Jamsheed. 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:
Friendship  Theme Icon
).
The Dancing Fan Quotes

In theory, taarof means putting others before yourself. In practice, it means when someone comes to your house, you have to offer them food; but since your guest is supposed to taarof, they have to refuse; and then you, the host, must taarof back, insisting that it’s really no trouble at all, and that they absolutely must eat; and so on, until one party gets too bewildered and finally gives in.

I never got the hang of taarofing. It’s not an American Social Cue.

Related Characters: Darius Kellner (speaker), Mom, Mamou, Babou, Dayi Jamsheed
Page Number: 78
Explanation and Analysis:
Persian Casual Quotes

And even though I hated getting shuffled around and grabbed by my love handles, my rubbery constipated face did relax into a smile.

I had never been surrounded by my family before. Not really.

When Dayi Jamsheed started herding us together into a big group photo, my eyes started burning. I couldn’t help it.

I loved them.

Related Characters: Darius Kellner (speaker), Dad, Mom, Laleh Kellner, Mamou, Babou, Dayi Jamsheed
Page Number: 174
Explanation and Analysis:
My Cousin, the Ringwraith Quotes

“You are not very Persian,” he said. “Not like Laleh.”

I looked down at my Team Melli jersey, which I still had on over my button-up.

This was the most Persian I had ever been in my entire life, and it still wasn’t enough.

“You are more like your dad. He doesn’t like them either,” he said. And then he grabbed a cucumber for himself and wandered off.

Related Characters: Darius Kellner (speaker), Dayi Jamsheed (speaker), Sohrab Rezaei, Dad, Laleh Kellner
Related Symbols: The Jersey
Page Number: 182-183
Explanation and Analysis:
Chelo Kabob Quotes

“What I like to do is use oil on my fingers, instead of water,” Dad said. “That way they don’t stick as much. It’s messy, though.”

The Bahrami men nodded in approval.

I wasn’t jealous of him.

Not really.

Maybe Dad’s place had been empty too.

Maybe he’d figured out how to fill it.

Maybe he had.

Related Characters: Darius Kellner (speaker), Dad (speaker), Sohrab Rezaei, Babou, Dayi Jamsheed, Dayi Soheil
Page Number: 261
Explanation and Analysis: