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Ty Carson
Slim is a boy at Latimer Middle School who bullies Ty and then Bryson for potentially being gay. It’s very important to him to make it clear to onlookers that he isn’t gay, something he believes is in question after he accidentally kissed Ty. But he starts a rumor that Ty kissed him, and he leads the group that beats up Bryson to retaliate against Bryson for standing up for Ty.
Slim Quotes in Look Both Ways
The Look Both Ways quotes below are all either spoken by Slim or refer to Slim. 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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And by lunch, Slim—whose real name was Salem—had twisted the story, told everyone Ty kissed him. So when Ty walked into the cafeteria, he walked into a minefield. A war zone. Everyone locked and loaded, firing at him.
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The narrator is explaining how Slim accidentally kissing Ty on the cheek while they fought over the water fountain morphed into a very different rumor that Ty purposely kissed Slim. By using violent, war-themed language, the story suggests that this rumor is going to make Ty a victim. While the cafeteria is ostensibly just a place where students eat their lunches, it becomes something entirely different after Slim begins spreading the rumor that Ty kissed him. It’s something that’s going to explode in various places, without warning, like a minefield—potentially hurting Ty. And noting that everyone is “locked and loaded, 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. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis.
“Am I? I think Slim is. Matter of fact, I think all y’all are.” Bryson pointed at all the jokesters. “Like my father always says, ‘Those that scar you are you.’” He checked their faces, and it wasn’t hard to tell that they had no idea what that meant. He looked at Ty, and Ty’s face looked no different. A gem dropped in the mud. “The point is, I don’t like boys. Not like that. But I like Ty.” He patted Ty on the back. “Matter of fact, I like him more than I like y’all, and for real for real, I don’t see what the big deal is. A kiss on the cheek? That’s what all y’all roasting him for? A kiss on the cheek? Really?”
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When Bryson hears that Slim and other boys are bullying Ty for potentially being gay at lunch, he sits down with Ty and defends him. Another boy has just suggested that Bryson is gay, if he’s so concerned about defending Ty. Using his dad’s advice, Bryson tries to get the bullies (and readers) to see that bullies don’t always lash out indiscriminately. They target people because whatever their victims are doing makes them uncomfortable because they fear they might look or think the same way. So ,what Bryson is saying is essentially a drawn-out way of suggesting that the bullies 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. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima
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Slim Character Timeline in Look Both Ways
The timeline below shows where the character Slim appears in Look Both Ways. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
5. Call of Duty
Ty knows this because yesterday, a boy named Slim kissed Ty after first period PE. They were fighting over the water fountain, and Slim...
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...the cafeteria, lots of kids are sitting with Ty to tease him to his face—including Slim. They crack terrible, biting jokes, call Ty all sorts of names, and bend their wrists...
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Putting his hands up, Bryson says it wouldn’t matter if Slim did kiss a boy. Though maybe next time, he should ask permission instead of sneaking...
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...python. Bryson ignores it, but as he starts his walk home after school, he realizes Slim and other boys are trailing him. Slim doesn’t live in this direction, and the boys’...
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...strangling him. Ty saw the videos online last night, and he heard the rumors that Slim and his cronies jumped Bryson. So as soon as the final bell rings, Ty races...
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