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Quan Banks is Manny’s cousin, and a member of the local Black Jihad gang. From the same neighborhood as Justyce, Quan follows orders when the Black Jihad instructs him to murder Officer Castillo. After Manny’s death, Quan asks Mr. and Mrs. Rivers to tell Justyce that he wants to see him, so Justyce visits him in juvenile detention. During their conversation, Quan reveals that Officer Garret Tison (the man who killed Manny) was Officer Castillo’s partner. He also urges Justyce to join the Black Jihad, insisting that the gang will give him the support he needs. To that end, he gives Justyce the gang leader’s phone number and encourages him to call.
Quan Banks Quotes in Dear Martin
The Dear Martin quotes below are all either spoken by Quan Banks or refer to Quan Banks. 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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Aiight, listen up: where I come from, resistance is existence, homie. Every day I woke up in my hood coulda been my last. You wanna survive? Get wit some niggas who won’t turn on you, and y’all do whatever it takes to stay at the top, you feel me? My dudes . . . they’re like family to me. They’ve got my back as long as I have theirs.
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Quan says this to Justyce when Justyce visits him in juvenile detention. Quan is in detention because he shot and killed Officer Castillo. When Justyce had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Rivers in the aftermath of Manny’s death, they told him that Quan wanted to speak to him, so he agreed to pay him a visit. Now, Quan tells him that he should find a group of people who will support him. Speaking fondly of his affiliation with the Black Jihad, he explains that the other gang members are “like family” to him. “They’ve got my back as long as Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a
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Quan Banks Character Timeline in Dear Martin
The timeline below shows where the character Quan Banks appears in Dear Martin. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
...troubling call. Upon hanging up, she looks at Manny and tells him that his cousin, Quan, has been arrested and charged with murder. “They say he killed a police officer,” she...
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Chapter 3
...Officer Castillo. “What Jus can’t get over is that he knows Manny’s cousin,” Stone writes. Quan grew up in his mother’s neighborhood and is only one year younger than Justyce. They...
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Chapter 5
...down on his prep school friends. These young men belong to the same gang that Quan—Manny’s cousin—belongs to, a group named the Black Jihad, which is run by a “crazy older...
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Chapter 16
...he’s faring in the aftermath of the attack. Eventually, they tell him that their nephew, Quan Banks, heard what happened and wants to see him. Quan is in juvenile detention for...
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Chapter 17
Several days later, Justyce visits Quan. Sitting across a small table, Quan talks to Justyce about Manny’s death. “Yo, when I...
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Justyce asks Quan why he killed Castillo. Quan is hesitant to answer, since he doesn’t want to admit...
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Quan urges Justyce to “face reality,” saying that he wanted to talk to Justyce after what...
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Quan tells Justyce that he needs “a crew to roll with.” Telling him that there’s “strength...
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Chapter 18
...watch the news. “It wouldn’t surprise me if both [Justyce and Manny] had ties to [Quan] Banks,” the pundit says. “Who’s to say Officer Tison didn’t see them on the scene...
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Chapter 19
...have access to Deuce Diggs,” Stone writes. As a result, he’s been thinking about what Quan said—namely, that the Black Jihad is “like family.” “That’s really why he’s on this bus...
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...act of striving, persevering.” As he listens, Justyce feels soothed by Martel’s voice, noting that Quan was right when he said that he would feel “welcomed.” When Martel asks why he’s...
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Chapter 20
...He then explains what happened at Martel’s house and about the visit he paid to Quan in juvenile detention. As he does so, he begins to cry, and though he’d normally...
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Chapter 22
...yourself?” Tison’s attorney asks Justyce. She then lets the court know that Justyce spoke to Quan, who “connected” him to “a group of young men with extensive criminal records and known...
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