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Isabel’s great-uncle and Lito’s brother. Guillermo had left Cuba in the 1970s and resettled in the United States. When Isabel arrives in Miami, Guillermo underscores the idea that family will enable Isabel to retain her Cuban roots. Guillermo gifts her a new trumpet, and with this new instrument Isabel is able to learn the Cuban clave rhythm.
Guillermo Quotes in Refugee
The Refugee quotes below are all either spoken by Guillermo or refer to Guillermo. 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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Isabel: Miami, Florida – 1994, Home Quotes
She was finally counting clave.
Lito was wrong. She didn’t have to be in Havana to hear it. To feel it. She had brought Cuba with her to Miami.
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One month after Isabel arrives in Miami, she tries out for her new school’s band with a new trumpet gifted to her by her uncle Guillermo. She plays the U.S. national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner,” but plays it with a salsa rhythm. As she plays and her new classmates clap along, she realizes that she can hear a second rhythm—that she can finally count clave. This is the culmination of what had been a major worry for Isabel, who thought that she would never be able to connect to her cultural heritage (represented by her ability to count clave) 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
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Guillermo Character Timeline in Refugee
The timeline below shows where the character Guillermo appears in Refugee. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Isabel: The Straits of Florida, Somewhere North of Cuba – 1994, 1 day from home (2)
...talks to Isabel and Iván as they work, telling Isabel that he has a brother, Guillermo, who lives in the United States. In the 1970s, the U.S. airlifted political dissidents from...
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Isabel: Miami, Florida – 1994, Home
...her classroom in Miami with a trumpet in her hand: a gift from her uncle Guillermo. She is auditioning for the orchestra, less than a month after arriving in Miami. After...
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