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Darius was able to kind of confront Sohrab about what he did unlike with chip and trent back in america.(pg 130)
"Maybe I will." Darius talking about maybe trying out for the soccer team at Chapel Hill.
Darius was able to go back an play football with Ali-Reza and Hossein even after they made fun of him 247-250
"It was nice to descover I was actually one of the better playeers in our class. Better then Trent Bolger, at an rate,"304

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"Darius the Great was a diplomat an a conqueror. and I was just me." "Like I said, may parents were sting themselves up for disappointment. "Darius the Great was an important figure and was very respected and Darius feels as though his parents set themselves up for disappointment by naming him after Darius the great who was a acclaimed conqueror, feels like he doesn't compare.(pg158)
"How could I be a tourist in my own past"(230)
"Our family was woven into the fabric of Yazd. Into the stones and the sky."(230)

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"His cheeks were turning red. I didn't know anything could make Sohrab blush. It made me like him even more"(177)
"Maybe I already knew him. Maybe"(220)
"Its okay I don't have one either. I almost smiled. Almost."(214)
"It made sense. If my sister had a crush on someone Sohrab was a good choice"(232)
" 'You really do love Sohrab. Huh?' 'Hes the best friend I've ever had.' Dad looked at me for a moment. Like he knew there was more." 287

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"Grandma and Oma, Dads moms, didn't say that very often. Its not that they didn't love me and Laleh, but they were full of Teutonic reserve, and didn't express affection very often." (pg 75) Darius's grandparents on his dads side don't say they I love you a lot but he know that they care about him and Laleh.
"For Farbia Bahrami, love was and oppertunety, not a burden."(pg 75) Darius's grandma on his moms side seems to love saying I love you and to she how much she cares for her family.
"I loved Sohrab. I really did. and I loved being Darioush to him" 298

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Darius feels different from his family he feels like a "guest" "It was like Lahel belonged to that reality, but i was just a guest."(pg24)
feels like a replacement to laleh(223)
I kind of wished I could shower after physical education...But guys didn't do that at Chapel Hill High School"308
"thats what Darius would have done. Darioush would try out." 306.

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pg167-179 Nowruz
I was one tiny pulsar in a swirling, luminous galaxy of
Iranians, held together by gravity of thousands of years of culture and heritage.(pg220)'
"Now that being in Yazd didn't fell so different from being at home."(237)

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Trent called Darius a terrorist but there school has a no tolerance bullying policy

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Darius doesn't have a lot of friends in America "Javaneh was the closet thing I had to a friend at Chapel Hill High School," (pg31)
"I liked that I could be silent around Sohrab. That's how I knew we really were going to be friends."(pg94) Darius is able to be silent around Sohrab and its not awkward, Sohrab might become one of his only real friends.
"Maybe Sohrab and I really were destined to be friends. Maybe we were."(pg131) Darius really wants to be close with Sohrab he really likes him.
"your place was empty for me too" Sohrab said to Darius "I never had a friend either"(196)
"It was our last game. I was not okay with that. I was not okay with saying good-bye to Sohrab." pg274
"Maybe Cyprian Cusumano wasn't as soulles as I thought."305

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Darius doesn't feel like he has a connection with his dad. "Sometimes I thought about how I didn't really feel like Stephen Kellners son at all." (pg 14)

Feels like his dad doesn't like him. "It felt good to have a thing with Dad, when I could have him to my self for 47 minutes, and he could act like he enjoyed my company for the span of one episode." (Pg 18)

Feels like he doesn't fit in with his mom either. Doesn't fell Persian or American.
Feels as though is dad is disappointed in him a lot(pg32)
Fells closer to his mom like he can talk "mom pushed a loose strand of hair behind my ear.."
Dad is " attentive to Darius's diet" "There's nothing with vegetables that sounds good?" (pg 59)
Darius wants to tell his dad stuff but doesn't fell as though he can, "I wanted to tell him how impressed customs officer II that he was an architect." (pg 70)
"And I knew Stephen Kellner was relived to have another chance, a new child who wouldn't be such a disappointment."(pg 132) Darius fells that his parents(dad) is disapointed of him, he fells like a disapointment.
"And I sat with Stephen and Laleh Kellner as they watched Star Trek." Darius thought this was him and his dads thing but suddenly it wasn't, he felt leftout(pg145) w
here is Sohrab dad(171)
sharing jokes and dances i would never be apart of(189)
everyone is disapointed in me(190)
Hes always disappoint in me(191)
"your sister wanted to spend time with you."(224) said by dad.
"Did it ever occur to you that I might actually enjoy watching it with her"(225) said by dad about Laleh
"You loved it when he held you." (273)
Sohrabs dad died-277
"I think I understood my father better then i ever had before." 290
"It seemed we had increased our intermix ratio by a substantial factor." 289
"We had started doing this, most nights, after Star Terk."311

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Darius and his father both have depression "Aside from Star Trek- and not speaking Farsi- depression was pretty much the only thing we had in common."(Pg28)
Had trouble finding the right medication for his mental health, and controlling his mood swings in 8th grade (pg33)
Darius's mom says "People in Iran don't think about mental health the way we do back home." (pg 56)

"I had nothing to be depressed about. Nothing really bad had ever happened to me. I felt so inadequate. Dad told me I couldn't help my brain chemistry any more then I could help having brown eyes. Dr Howell always told me not to be ashamed." (pg 68-69)
Dads convinced im going to....(192)
"wondered if anyone would be sad if I was killed in a car accident or something. That's normal. Right?"(224)
"In that moment I understood my grandfather perfectly. Ardishir Bahrami was as sad as I was."(231)
Dad stoped telling Darius story's because he was having suicidal thoughts, connects with his dad 286