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- The security guard in the airport made fun of the pimple on his head which made him sad and insecure. PG. 53 - PG. 54
- In Iran they don't understand mental health like back in america so Darius's mom told him if they say anything to him he shouldn't take it personally. PG. 56
- "'That's all its for? What are you depressed about?' My ears burned. I glanced up at the four lights and hoped I wasn't going to be chained to the ceiling and stripped naked. I hated that question: What are you depressed about? Because the answer was nothing. I had nothing to be depressed about. Nothing really bad had happened to me. I felt so inadequate." PG. 68

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- "Sometimes I thought about how I didn't really feel like Stephen Kellner's son at all" PG. 14
- Darius feels more different than the rest of the family because he has trouble with the language. PG. 20
- "It always seemed like Farsi was this special thing between Mom and Laleh, like Star Trek was between Dad and me. That left the two of us in the dark whenever we were at gatherings with mom's friends. That was the only time Dad and I were on the same team: when we were stuck with Farsi-speakers and left with each other for company" Darius only feels connected to his dad when his mom and sister are speaking in Farsi at family gatherings.
- Trent called Darius a terrorist which bothered him but he just jokes about it because he said it helps when people make fun of him. PG. 39
- Darius got made fun of by the guard at the airport for having a pimple in between his eyebrows. "I didn't realize your people did the dot thing too" And the guard laughed at him after. PG. 53
- Darius is changing and being more confident in himself instead of just shutting down whenever someone makes fun of him he is starting to stand up for himself PG. 305
- Darius is going to play soccer for the school, which he would have never done before. PG. 307

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Taarof - when someone offers to get a person something and you say no and they keep going on and on until they get into a fight. PG. 79

- People in Iran usually have dirty toilets so they have to hover over the toilet when they are going to the bathroom. PG. 82
- "I felt very Persian indeed" Darius finally felt Persian and was embracing his culture half way through the book PG. 168
- Fashion PG. 169 - PG. 171
- It is a tradition to see your friend the day after Nowruz
- Darius feels like a tourist in his own past. "How could I be a tourist in my own past?" PG. 230

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- Chip Cusumano - Popular sports player who bullies Darius. Chip broke his bike. Chip put truck nuts on his bike and took the wheels off and put them in the bushes. Darius didn't find the wheels so he doesn't have a bike anymore. PG. 10  Chip also broke his backpack in school when he was walking he pulled on it and it broke. Now Darius has to use his dad's backpack when he goes to Iran which he doesn't want to do because he doesn't like his dad.
PG. 35

- Sohrab -  Has black hair just like Darius with pretty brown eyes and "the most elegant Persian nose" Darius said that he is starting to like Sohrab. PG. 86 - PG. 88
- Made fun of Darius when they were showering after playing soccer. PG. 115
- Sohrab came and apologized to Darius for being rude in the shower, he said it felt nice to not be the one that is made fun of. PG. 131
- Sohrab's dad died. PG. 277 - PG. 278
- Sohrab went to Darius's house and apologized for what he said to him but there are walls in him and between him and Darius. PG. 294

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- Stephen Kellner: (Darius's father)
- Darius feels like his father isn't his father at all sometimes. PG. 14
- Doesn't like Darius's haircut because it was too long. "Did you ever think that you wouldn't get picked on so much if you weren't so..." PG. 42
- He always makes comments on the food that Darius eats and wants him to eat more vegetables. He also says that Darius wouldn't be depressed and picked on if he        wasn't so weird. PG. 59 - PG. 60
- Whenever Darius and Stephen Kellner want to stop talking about a subject they just say I love you and then stop  talking about it.
- Darius was very sad because of what Sohrab said to him, so his dad went and talked to him and told him that he was very depressed a while ago and had to be on super strong medicine that made him like a zombie and that's why he stopped telling Darius stories when he was little. Darius starts to understand why his dad is like that now and he is starting to like his dad. PG. 285 - PG. 286
- Laleh: (Darius's little sister)
- Darius loves his sister very much but he is afraid to admit that he does. Darius hangs out with her, plays dolls, and has tea parties with her all the time. This means that he is a very good brother. PG. 16
- Laleh is very popular in school and doesn't get made fun of at all at school PG. 16
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- Everyone is always judging Darius like when he was going through security and the guard made fun of him for his zit on his face. PG. 53 This does not help his confidence at all and he really is not confident in himself because of all of the bullying he is going through.
- Darius is standing up against Trent and getting confident. PG. 305

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- Gay? PG. 177 - PG. 179
- Darius said he is going to miss Mamou and Babou and his mom was surprised he said he was gonna miss Babou because he hasn't really liked him for the whole time but he is starting to love Babou. PG. 292

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Feels like he is being accepted to the community. Feels like Iran is home PG. 266 - PG. 267

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"I thought it was interesting, how he had called it home. I wondered why he called it that. What made him call Iran home, when he knew I was born and raised in Portland." Darius doesn't feel like Iran is home because he has never even been to Iran. PG. 45
- Darius is gay PG. 287