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Laura Alicia Santillan
Lorenzo’s father and Laura’s husband. He moves to the United States with Laura, Lorenzo, and José when Lorenzo is an infant and gets work as a landscaper. He has a hard time adjusting to life in the United States and drinks heavily to cope. Sometimes he is kind to Lorenzo; other times he is abusive.
Pablo Santillan Quotes in Spare Parts
The Spare Parts quotes below are all either spoken by Pablo Santillan or refer to Pablo Santillan. 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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Lorenzo felt his father didn’t have any respect for him, Hugo wouldn’t let him use the tools in the driveway, and the kids around school mocked him for his strange looks. Now a teacher was entrusting him with the lives of a handful of fish. To most people, it might not seem like a lot, but to Lorenzo it was unprecedented.
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Lorenzo walks into Fredi’s Marine Science class as a sophomore, looking for a group to be a part of. When Fredi notices him lingering around the classroom, Fredi invites him to help take care of the fish, and Lorenzo is amazed that Fredi would trust him to help. Lorenzo and Fredi’s meeting becomes in many ways the perfect student-teacher match. Lorenzo has up until this point been treated as an outsider, an oddball, and an easy target for bullying. However, this gives him a unique perspective and an ability to come up with creative solutions to problems, particularly from watching 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 v
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To Fredi, this was a battle for the future of an unusual but talented kid. He appreciated Lorenzo's offbeat ideas and felt that the long-haired goofball had genuine talent. But Lorenzo was caught in the tractor-beam pull of poverty and low expectations.
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Even after Lorenzo has found a sense of belonging with the robotics club, he is teased more and more throughout his sophomore year, until he punches another student in the face. While Lorenzo’s father offers to beat the student up for him, Fredi instead speaks to Lorenzo and advises him that if someone wants to fight him, he should pretend to have a seizure, lightening the tension. Fredi’s observation about Lorenzo’s need for someone to invest in him sums up some of the book’s attitudes about underdogs and mentorship. Lorenzo’s background means that he inherently has a lot of adversity 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 acc
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Pablo Santillan Character Timeline in Spare Parts
The timeline below shows where the character Pablo Santillan appears in Spare Parts. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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Laura and her husband Pablo decide they should stay in the United States, because they have barely been getting by...
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Once in the United States, Laura and Pablo have three more children: Pablo Jr., Yoliet, and Fernando. These three children will have significantly...
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Laura tries to put Mexico behind them, but Pablo does not forget the solitude of the Mexican forest. He has a hard time adjusting...
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At home, Lorenzo’s dad Pablo notices his swollen eye and offers to beat the kid up. Lorenzo is happy that...
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In May 2006, Lorenzo graduates from high school, but his father Pablo doesn’t show up to the ceremony. He then enrolls in Phoenix College’s Culinary Studies program....
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The movie provides a happy ending. It even shows Lorenzo’s father Pablo arriving at the MATE awards ceremony, hugging Lorenzo and crying with joy. Davis describes how...
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