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Oswaldo Gutierrez is a talented Yale student who hails from a similar socioeconomic background as Robert Peace, but disapproves of Robert’s drug dealing, which he feels only confirms offensive stereotypes about minorities in America. Gutierrez clearly admires Robert, but he also finds Robert frustrating, lazy, and, in a word, “so fucking stupid.”
Oswaldo Gutierrez Quotes in The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
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Chapter 11 Quotes
Oswaldo's advice was the same that, a few years ago, he himself had refused to hear from others: "Get the fuck out of Newark. Get the fuck away from people who won't get the fuck out of Newark."
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Chapter 15 Quotes
And Rob left, rolling his eyes like this scene was just part of a comedy in which he was the focal point of the farcical behavior of those around him. And Oswaldo understood now with a clarity he'd never had before that all of Rob's troubles were self-inflicted—that on Yale graduation day Rob had stood within reach of everything he now didn't have.
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Oswaldo Gutierrez Character Timeline in The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
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Chapter 7
...seemingly without trying too hard, and smokes lots of weed. He and a close friend, Oswaldo Gutierrez, start a science club. He later begins working at the Yale Medical School. As...
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Although Oswaldo is one of Robert’s best friends, he doesn’t approve of Robert’s drug dealing. He criticizes...
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Chapter 8
...realizes that the Yale administration isn’t going to discipline him for selling drugs—as he tells Oswaldo, “It looks bad for the university if someone like me goes down like that.” Soon...
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...his account number. At the initiation party, Robert gets very drunk and loud. This displeases Oswaldo, who worries that minority students at Yale are just reinforcing the stereotypes about them—“that they...
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Chapter 9
...still completing college or struggling to support themselves. Other of Robert’s Yale friends, such as Oswaldo Gutierrez, are living with their families, and don’t know what they want to do for...
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Chapter 10
Oswaldo Gutierrez comes down to Newark to help Robert fix up his new house. The house...
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Chapter 11
...Robert doesn’t need to sell drugs, but Robert calmly replies, “doing what I gotta do.” Oswaldo, who’s beginning medical school, tells Robert, “Get the fuck out of Newark.” Robert doesn’t listen.
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...his time and money, even though he’s barely getting by himself. In his own way, Oswaldo later says, Robert is “fronting,” pretending to be tougher and more capable than he really...
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Chapter 13
...behind his back, saying that a Yale graduate has no business working with them. Meanwhile, Oswaldo is coming to the end of his time in medical school. When he sees Robert,...
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Chapter 14
While he’s applying to school, Robert needs to get a job. Following Oswaldo’s advice, he cuts his dreadlocks, buys a suit, and prepares to interview for administrative positions...
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...his high school friends. He doesn’t buy a suit and he doesn’t apply for jobs. Oswaldo talks to him on the phone, and becomes furious when he realizes that Robert isn’t...
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Chapter 15
Robert calls Oswaldo to ask for some money. Oswaldo agrees to give him the money, but adds, “After...
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Chapter 17
...luncheon. Finally, the guests go to a bar called A.S.H. that Robert liked. Jeff notices Oswaldo looking grim. Later, Oswaldo tells Jeff his opinion of Robert: “So fucking smart, but so...
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