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darius is into chip, darius is into syrab

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Darius loves his sister and does every thing with her ( tea parties and playing with dolls) but wont own up to it. at the airport Darius dad said love you and Darius said it back.  when Darius gets to iran his grandmother was crying snd hugging him and said i love you and he said it back.

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Darius and his dad suffer from depression. Darius just found out his Babou has a brain tumor and is dying and he doesn't now how to feel about it because he's only every seen him on a computer. Darius struggles to find the right medication for himself for his depression and some medication gives him mood swings, his dad has been on antidepressants since he was in college. when he is at his grandmothers house he feels out of place which made him scared and his mind wondered. after sohrab and his friends make fun of Darius he goes into a very depressive state and was very sad and lonely and felt like he wasn't "normal" darius is mad at his babou for treating his grandmother badly but he cant help it but now his brain tumor is taking full control. darius dad things darius is going to kill himself because hes so different. syrab is telling darius that no one cares about him and that he always cries and nothing bad ever happens to him. darius dad tells him he once tried to commit suicide

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Darius is close with his mom but he isn't so fond about his dad. him and his dad watch one episode of star trek every night. Darius is very close with his sister but cant admit to the activities they do together publicly because its not "manly" . Darius just found out that he is going to iran because his babou is sick with a brain tumor and is dying. Darius is very protective about his mom and when Darius was in 8th grade he went to a boys scout camp and a kid name vance henderson made fun of his moms accent he smacked him. darius and his grandfather are almost like him and his dads relationship together, they only say a couple of words to each other and don't know how to talk to each other and he doesn't know how to talk to or tell anyone how he feels about his grandfather dying. his dad got him to laugh and be able to get out of bed a join the rest of the family. darius feels like hes in a family now since hes getting pictures with everyone and its the first time hes felt like this. darius grandfather thinks darius is goiung to be okay but his dad says syrab is his only friend. syrabs dad gets stabbed in prison

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Darius is very different from Trent and Chip, Darius is more of the "nerd" and chip and Trent are more of athletes.
Darius feels very very different from his dad, his dad has blonde hair blue eyes and Darius had slightly curled dark hair. Darius and his dad suffer with depression. when Darius was at the airport going through security he was "randily selected" because of the color of his skin and the officer said you people do the red dot thing too and he pointed to his forehead. Darius dad is ashamed and embarrassed about Darius weight. in iran there is no toilets its either a bucket or a while in the ground. Darius realizes that he doesn't look so much like sohrab and other kids. jamsheed tells darius he isnt as persian as laleh. dayi soheil patted dariys on the stomach and said where did this come from youre meds. syrabs dad got arrested for walking to work and walking through a protest and has been in prision for a couple years and got transferred to a higher prison

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Javauh Esfahani is friends with Darius and she always sprays dr pepper out of her nose at lunch when she laughs and is the closest thing he has to a friend at school. Darius thought that sohrab and his friends were being nice to him and friendly but realizes that when they were showering they would bully Darius for the way he looked. real friends apologize

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Trent called Darius a terrorist and Darius hasn't been called it a lot because he's middle eastern but his mom tells him "no Persian can get up early enough in the morning to bomb anything"

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Darius and his mom are Persian and their culture is heavily into tea and they believe in tea and many different ones too. Darius doesn't feel like he fits in because he doesn't speak farsi but also he doesn't feel like he fits in with his dads friends/family because he looks different. Persian new year called Nowruz. a tradition Charaharshanbeh Suri is when you jump over fire, and a mountain of persion food there are no persion celebrations that don't involve enough persion food to feed the entire willamette valley. Laleh was young enough to not have to wear a headscarf but their mom wants her to start wearing it. fesejoon is a Persian food and babou thinks thst stephen kellner wouldnt like it because hes not Persian but he actually loves it. her felt like a tourist going to see persepolis

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Darius doesn't really have confidence because he just let everyone walk over him and wouldn't do anything about it and just let it happen. Darius started to stand up to chip. darius is building up confidence when his dad started being rude to him after the incident   at school with his backpack, he wasn't backing down from what his father was saying even tho it was all negative. darius dad tells him thst he once was in his shoes too and tried to commit