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Beto
After leaving Yunior and his mother, Yunior’s father now lives in Florida with one of his many girlfriends. He is a complex source of resentment for Yunior, who spent much of his childhood terrified of his father’s physical abuse, but also convinced that this behavior was normal and shared by all Dominican fathers. Although Yunior’s father was his only male role model growing up other than Beto, Yunior resented his father’s temper, infidelity, and unreliability, and it seems that the two of them have a strained relationship now that his father is gone. Yunior’s father often calls Yunior’s mother and tells her that he will leave his girlfriend if she moves to Florida to be with him, but Yunior knows this is an empty promise and urges his mother not to take the calls.
Yunior’s Father Quotes in Drown
The Drown quotes below are all either spoken by Yunior’s Father or refer to Yunior’s Father. 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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“They don’t send you to jail for shoplifting. They just turn you over to your old man.”
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When Yunior expresses fear that Beto’s reckless shoplifting tactics will land them both in jail, Beto tells him not to worry, since the only punishment will be decided by their fathers. This observation indicates that, for Yunior and Beto (as for many boys), their fathers are both the heads of the household and the primary source of discipline. Yunior is not calmed by Beto’s observation, as his father is incredibly strong and has a very violent temper. However, Yunior is surprised when Beto does not seem overly worried about being punished by his own father, since Yunior assumes violence is 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 corrup
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Yunior’s Father Character Timeline in Drown
The timeline below shows where the character Yunior’s Father appears in Drown. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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...anymore, and she counsels Yunior that they should make up the way she and Yunior’s father have: they were once very angry at each other but are now able to be...
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...Yunior gives his mother fifty-dollars to spend. He explains that, when he was younger, his father would give her one hundred dollars to spend at the beginning of the summer for...
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...that he was shoplifting, even though he brought home large quantities of new clothes. Yunior’s father, however, saw exactly how his son was spending his time and cautioned him that he...
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...he finds his mother whispering on the phone. She is on the phone with Yunior’s father, who lives in Florida with a girlfriend. Yunior explains that he often calls his mother...
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...his mother tries to find out what is wrong, Yunior snaps at her, causing his father, who is visiting from Florida, to slap him.
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...asleep and he imagines that she is dreaming of walking in Boca Raton with his father. When the movie ends, Yunior shakes his mother awake and she asks him to check...
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