Review Of Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe

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Lastly, this book has been a life-changing read that I will never forget. Dante in, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, comes out as homosexual and through him you get an insight of how difficult it is to love someone of the opposite gender. My first point is how hard it is to come out to your parents. Dante expresses to Ari how scared he is to tell his parents because he does not want to disappoint them. The latter was surprising to me because Dante’s parent love him infinitely, even Ari told him so, but this shows that no matter how much your parents love you it is still a scary experience to come out to them. My second point is that there are people who cannot accept people that openly express themselves and decide

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