Aristotle Mendoza - Ari is the main character of the book, being the novel’s POV. He starts out as 15 and ends at 17 years old. In the beginning of the novel, he is a friendless angry teen with no self-confidence and has an elder brother in prison. He thinks life is boring until he finally meets Dante Quintana. Ari is straight in the beginning but throughout his experiences with Dante, he draws to a conclusion that he is gay.
Dante Quintana - Dante is the second main character. He also starts out at 15 and ends at 17 years old. Due to his outgoing personality, he became one of Ari’s first friends. He enjoys reading, writing, drawing, and exploring new things. He is the one that introduces Ari to poetry and art. He is also very passionate about …show more content…
Ari had a secret that he never knew himself, which was that he fell in love with Dante the moment that they met. He never believed in this nor did he even think about it due to his focus on being accepted as a straight normal average teen.
In Man vs Man, we have Dante vs the group of boys that pummeled him. A little later after finding out about his gay identity, he falls in love with a boy, Daniel, and makes out with him at the back of a building but was shortly spotted by a gang of boys. This particular group did not like the idea of boys kissing boys so they started to beat up Dante for his “mistake”, leaving Daniel to run away and end their relationship.
Finally, In Man vs Society, we have Ari and Dante vs Society’s stereotypes. Our society has created the stereotype that it is normal to be with the opposite sex but it is not normal to be with that same sex. This created an issue for Ari and Dante because due to the fact that being in love with the same sex is not normal influenced their sexual identities. An example of this in the novel is when Dante went out and experimented with a bunch of people at a house party because he didn’t want to assume right away that he was
Dante Quintana - Dante is the second main character. He also starts out at 15 and ends at 17 years old. Due to his outgoing personality, he became one of Ari’s first friends. He enjoys reading, writing, drawing, and exploring new things. He is the one that introduces Ari to poetry and art. He is also very passionate about …show more content…
Ari had a secret that he never knew himself, which was that he fell in love with Dante the moment that they met. He never believed in this nor did he even think about it due to his focus on being accepted as a straight normal average teen.
In Man vs Man, we have Dante vs the group of boys that pummeled him. A little later after finding out about his gay identity, he falls in love with a boy, Daniel, and makes out with him at the back of a building but was shortly spotted by a gang of boys. This particular group did not like the idea of boys kissing boys so they started to beat up Dante for his “mistake”, leaving Daniel to run away and end their relationship.
Finally, In Man vs Society, we have Ari and Dante vs Society’s stereotypes. Our society has created the stereotype that it is normal to be with the opposite sex but it is not normal to be with that same sex. This created an issue for Ari and Dante because due to the fact that being in love with the same sex is not normal influenced their sexual identities. An example of this in the novel is when Dante went out and experimented with a bunch of people at a house party because he didn’t want to assume right away that he was