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Arthur’s younger brother in “The Transplant.” Arthur and Martín have a difficult relationship, because their father had left the family landscaping business, Arellano & Sons, only to Martín when he realized that Arthur is irresponsible with money. Arthur works under Martín at the business, and his younger brother serves as a constant reminder of the life that he might have had were it not for his gambling addiction.
Martín Arellano Quotes in The Refugees
The The Refugees quotes below are all either spoken by Martín Arellano or refer to Martín Arellano. 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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The Transplant Quotes
Arthur, hovering in the corner, sensed that he was merely a specter, already dead, acknowledged by Norma only as she brushed by him on her way out the door, saying over her shoulder, “Don’t forget your pills.”
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Arthur receives his liver transplant, and with Norma’s help, he is able to recover. But gradually Norma realizes that Arthur is falling back into old patterns, caring only about himself. One night after Arthur forgets to pick up her dry cleaning, she snaps. She makes him sleep on the couch and in the morning, ignores him. Norma’s treatment illuminates how she is the reason that Arthur feels like a human being. It is her support and their emotional connection and intimacy that prevents him from feeling like a ghost. Without that support, Arthur acts as though he might as well 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. Co
“You’re my friend,” Louis replied.
Arthur interpreted the statement to mean that he was Louis’s only friend, for Louis never mentioned anyone else. “You’re my friend, too,” Arthur said, putting as much feeling as he could into his words. For a moment, the two of them maintained eye contact and smiled at each other.
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After Arthur and Norma have a falling out and Arthur is forced to move out of his home, he turns to Louis, who lets him stay over. This is an important development between the two characters because they turn from acquaintances who have lunch every so often to true friends. Arthur turns to Louis for help rather than his own brother, Martín, because Louis has shown more support for Arthur than Martín has. Arthur and Louis’s relationship originally began out of gratitude for the liver he received from Men Vu, whom Arthur thinks is Louis’s father. Yet this quote reveals 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
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Martín Arellano Character Timeline in The Refugees
The timeline below shows where the character Martín Arellano appears in The Refugees. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Transplant
...to live with one of their daughters, and Arthur had moved into his younger brother Martín’s house. Shortly after this separation, he learned of his diagnosis.
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...organ (choosing to keep the donor anonymous) and returns to work as an accountant for Martín at the landscaping service founded by Arthur’s father.
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One day, however, a letter arrives at the home Arthur and Norma are renting from Martín. In it, a computer error at the hospital reveals the name of Arthur’s donor: Men...
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The next day, Arthur calls Martín, hoping to ask for refuge. But when he hears his brother’s disapproving tone, Arthur says...
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That morning, at the office, Arthur realizes that he was correct in not asking Martín for help. Arthur has barely started his morning game of blackjack on the computer when...
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Martín asks how Arthur and Norma are doing, explaining that he had heard through the grapevine...
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Before meeting Louis, Arthur thought that his organ donor might have been like him and Martín: middle aged and of Mexican ancestry. Arthur wonders if Martín would have given Arthur an...
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...but Louis says that if Arthur does that, Louis will report the undocumented workers at Martín’s business. It would lead to arrests and deportations, and their father’s business would be disgraced....
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