On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

by

Ocean Vuong

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Trevor’s Father Character Analysis

Buford’s son. Trevor’s father is an abusive alcoholic, and Trevor has a small scar on his neck in the shape of a comma from where his father shot him with a nail gun. Trevor and his father live in a trailer behind the interstate in Hartford, Connecticut, and while it is never confirmed, Little Dog implies that Trevor’s father knows that Trevor is gay. After Trevor overdoses on heroin and fentanyl, Little Dog is alerted to Trevor’s death by a Facebook post Trevor’s father leaves on Trevor’s page. “I’m broken in two,” he says of his son’s death.

Trevor’s Father Quotes in On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

The On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous quotes below are all either spoken by Trevor’s Father or refer to Trevor’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:
War, Trauma, and Abuse  Theme Icon
).
Part 2 Quotes

I don’t wanna, he said. His panting. His shaking hair. The blur of it. Please tell me I am not, he said through the sound of his knuckles as he popped them like the word But But But. And you take a step back. Please tell me I am not, he said, I am not

a faggot. Am I? Am I? Are you?

Trevor the hunter. Trevor the carnivore, the redneck, not

A pansy, shotgunner, sharpshooter, not fruit or fairy. Trevor meateater but not

veal. Never veal. Fuck that, never again after his daddy told him the story when he was seven, at the table, veal roasted with rosemary. How they were made. How the difference between veal and beef is the children. The veal are children.

Related Characters: Little Dog (speaker), Trevor (speaker), Trevor’s Father
Page Number: 155
Explanation and Analysis:
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Trevor’s Father Quotes in On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

The On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous quotes below are all either spoken by Trevor’s Father or refer to Trevor’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:
War, Trauma, and Abuse  Theme Icon
).
Part 2 Quotes

I don’t wanna, he said. His panting. His shaking hair. The blur of it. Please tell me I am not, he said through the sound of his knuckles as he popped them like the word But But But. And you take a step back. Please tell me I am not, he said, I am not

a faggot. Am I? Am I? Are you?

Trevor the hunter. Trevor the carnivore, the redneck, not

A pansy, shotgunner, sharpshooter, not fruit or fairy. Trevor meateater but not

veal. Never veal. Fuck that, never again after his daddy told him the story when he was seven, at the table, veal roasted with rosemary. How they were made. How the difference between veal and beef is the children. The veal are children.

Related Characters: Little Dog (speaker), Trevor (speaker), Trevor’s Father
Page Number: 155
Explanation and Analysis: