Sullivan owns a vineyard that Francisco’s family works in one summer. Mr. Sullivan lives in a large, fancy house, but he gives Francisco’s family a dilapidated, old garage to live in. Sullivan’s treatment of the family exemplifies how they were usually treated very poorly by the farmers they worked for since they were undocumented, itinerant laborers.
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Sullivan Character Timeline in The Circuit
The timeline below shows where the character Sullivan appears in The Circuit. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Circuit
...The foreman says that he doesn’t need more workers but advises her to try at Sullivan’s farm down the road. Sullivan lives in a big house with a white fence, surrounded...
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To Have and to Hold
...go to the San Joaquin Valley to pick grapes. He doesn’t want to stay in Sullivan’s old garage again, so this time, the family heads to a town called Orosi. Papá...
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