Darius the Great Notes by Bernard Masur https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur en-us 2023-03-16 12:59:53 UTC 2023-05-16 12:38:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d5.png Mental Health bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519371526 2023-03-16 13:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519371526 Culture bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519371691 2023-03-16 13:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519371691 Confidence bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519371820 2023-03-16 13:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519371820 Differences bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519372050 2023-03-16 13:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519372050 Family bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519372193 2023-03-16 13:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519372193 Friendship bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519372415 2023-03-16 13:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519372415 Love bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519372751 2023-03-16 13:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519372751 Orientation bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519373288 2023-03-16 13:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519373288 Community bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519374320 2023-03-16 13:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519374320 History bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519374415 2023-03-16 13:10:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2519374415 "As a people group, Persians are genetically predisposed to like tea. And even though I was only half Persian, I had inherited a full-strength tea-loving gene sequence from my mom" page 2. bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2525304068 2023-03-21 12:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2525304068 "Mom always said she named me after Darius the Great, but they were setting themselves up for disappointment, naming me after a historical figure like that." page 4 chapter 1 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2525326409 2023-03-21 12:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2525326409 Trent and Darius used to be friends in kindergarten because everyone was friends back then. By third grade Darius started getting ignored by his classmates. page 5 chapter 1 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2525328935 2023-03-21 12:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2525328935 His dad is playing the "Devils Advocate" for Trent and Chip that are bullying Darius. page 12-13 chapter 2. bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2525350182 2023-03-21 13:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2525350182 Despite his bad relationship with his dad, they get along when they watch star trek together every night. page 18 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528733278 2023-03-23 12:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528733278 Darius can't really speak any Farsi but his sister can, page 20. bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528735055 2023-03-23 12:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528735055 Darius is really different from his Dad, his Dad is tall, blonde, and blue eyed which is different from Darius page 13 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528742624 2023-03-23 12:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528742624 Darius and his dad both take medication for depression and they have the same doctor. page 28 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528760781 2023-03-23 12:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528760781 Nowruz is the Persian New Year and it is on the first day of spring and his dad likes it more than the rest of the family combined. page 25. bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528766087 2023-03-23 12:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528766087 They are going to Iran to see Babou because he is badly sick page 29 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528769494 2023-03-23 12:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528769494 dad was disappointed in him for hitting a boy scout who made fun of his moms accent (page 34) and dad was disappointed in him for not wanting to jump over the fire with him (page 32). bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528781754 2023-03-23 12:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528781754 Darius was on a medication that made him have extreme mood swings which caused him to hit a kid in the boy scouts page 34 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528783816 2023-03-23 12:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528783816 he kind of stands up to chip about the bike thing, page 38 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528801307 2023-03-23 13:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2528801307 "In Russia, people use a samovar - a smaller version of Smaug the Voluminous - to heat a bunch of water, then mix it with uber-strong tea from a smaller pot. Persians have adopted that method too, except most Persians use a large kettle and a smaller pot you can stack on top, like a double boiler." page 43 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2530322524 2023-03-24 12:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2530322524 His father is mad that Darius will not get his hair cut and he is also mad that Darius isn't standing up to Chip the way he wants him too. page 42, 45, 46 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2530330169 2023-03-24 12:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2530330169 Persians are picky about their tea, page 51 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2530344544 2023-03-24 12:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2530344544 "Sorry. I don't really know how to explain it. It's... I just want you to be prepared. People in Iran don't think about mental health the way we do back at home. So if anyone says anything to you, don't take it personally." page 56 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2530366110 2023-03-24 12:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2530366110 His dad keeps trying to get him to eat food with vegetables and Darius doesn't like that. page 59-60 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2530370253 2023-03-24 12:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2530370253 "For Fariba Bahrami, love was an opportunity, not a burden. I swallowed away the lump in my throat. 'I love you, Mamou.'" page 75 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2538332033 2023-03-30 12:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2538332033 His grandpa says Darius just has to think positive and try harder when Darius takes his medicine, page 102 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2543587100 2023-04-04 12:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2543587100 He gets more confident when he is good at soccer and because he made a friend in Iran page 111 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2543590672 2023-04-04 12:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2543590672 "'What?' Babou got up and took me by the shoulders. 'Why do you think that, Darioush-jan?' It's probably a misunderstanding.' It was the sort of thing Stephen Kellner would have said." page 120 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2543600438 2023-04-04 12:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2543600438 Darius thought that Sohrab was his best friend but Sohrab bullied him with the other two kids page 115 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2543601466 2023-04-04 12:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2543601466 -Darius and his dad had a conversation and they kind of started getting along with each other and his dad is proud of him for playing soccer and making a friend, page 122, 123, 124 -Dayi Soheil made Darius feel bad by patting his stomach page 171 and Dayi Jamsheed made him feel bad by saying Darius isn't as Persian as Laleh for not liking cucumbers page 182 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2543609252 2023-04-04 12:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2543609252 Sohrab said that he was being rude and he apologized to Darius, page 130, 131 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2543629591 2023-04-04 12:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2543629591 In Iran people say they are gonna dress more casual than they actually are so people have to guess how to dress so they are not too casual or too formal page 169 and 170 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2553020334 2023-04-13 12:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2553020334 Darius is probably gay bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2553033790 2023-04-13 12:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2553033790 he noticed that sohrab smelled good page 172 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2553034731 2023-04-13 12:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2553034731 Babou got very angry and started yelling randomly because of his brain tumor page 175 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2553050419 2023-04-13 12:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2553050419 He tells Sohrab all about how his Dad is always disappointed in him and his depression and Sohrab listens to him page 191 and 192 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2553132107 2023-04-13 12:56:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2553132107 Dad and Babou talked about Darius always making things hard on himself, it is too late to change him, he is stubborn, and Sohrab is his first real friend, page 195 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2553146242 2023-04-13 13:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2553146242 His Mom regrets not teaching him Farsi page 201 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2558505925 2023-04-18 12:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2558505925 Darius visits Sohrab after Nowruz and Sohrab is happy to see him, page 209 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2558528407 2023-04-18 12:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2558528407 Darius doesn't fit in at school because he is part persian and he doesn't fit in in Iran because he is part american bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2558530160 2023-04-18 12:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2558530160 "'So you don't have a girlfriend, Darioush?' I swallowed. 'No.' I tried to keep my voice neutral, but no matter how you answer that question, people will always read too much into it." page 214 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2558539624 2023-04-18 12:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2558539624 "I could smell his deodorant - something medicinal, like cough syrup mixed with pine needles - and then I couldn't remember if I had put on my own deodorant after showering." page 218 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2558546006 2023-04-18 12:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2558546006 Darius wonders if anyone would miss him or be sad if he was dead page 223 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2558571673 2023-04-18 13:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2558571673 Despite their differences, Darius and Babou were both sad because soon there might not be any Bahrami's in Yazd anymore page 230 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561725970 2023-04-20 12:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561725970 He always feels more confident around Sohrab than anyone else bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561726582 2023-04-20 12:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561726582 the Bahrami's have lived in Yazd for many many generations and the Towers of Silence are part of their family history page 230 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561728741 2023-04-20 12:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561728741 Sohrab makes Darius feel better about Laleh stealing Star Trek from him and he says that Darius is his best friend page 237 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561745981 2023-04-20 12:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561745981 Darius and his Dad didn't say "I love you" to each other after their fight about Laleh watching Star Trek page 225 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561750482 2023-04-20 12:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561750482 Darius and his Dad fight because his Dad said that he hurt Laleh's feelings by storming off and Darius is mad that they watched without him, his Dad also said that he wanted to watch it with Laleh page 224, 225 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561753133 2023-04-20 12:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561753133 Sohrab tells him he should play for the school soccer team and that boosts his confidence page 242 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561761142 2023-04-20 12:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561761142 Darius and Sohrab both have father issues and Darius says that maybe all Persian boys had father issues page 243 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561764671 2023-04-20 12:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561764671 his ears turned red when Sohrab said he looked like a football star page 247 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561783186 2023-04-20 12:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561783186 Sohrab keeps talking about how good Darius is at football page 263-264 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561814746 2023-04-20 13:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561814746 The Bahrami men are trying to correct Stephen Kellner's way of making the kabob but he showed them how he does it and they approve page 261 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561818789 2023-04-20 13:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2561818789 "Sohrab threw his arm over my shoulder. He had showered before coming over, and it still smelled soapy and fresh, like rosemary. My back warmed where his arm rested." page 264 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563154284 2023-04-21 11:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563154284 "And every other Bahrami. Going back generation after generation, through revolutions and regime changes, wars and invasions and pogroms. How many of them had stood where I was standing? And how many would there be in years to come, if Babou was right and the Age of Bahramis was coming to an end?" page 271 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563162640 2023-04-21 12:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563162640 His dad used to have long hair and he cut it to make Babou happy, he also was happy being a Dad and holding baby Darius but not anymore, page 273 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563164499 2023-04-21 12:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563164499 Sohrab yelled at him, shoved him, and kicked him out of his house because Darius brought him cleats on the day that Sohrab found out his father died page 278 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563173201 2023-04-21 12:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563173201 Sohrab said nobody wants him here and Darius believes him page 279, Darius said he really hated himself page 280 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563173759 2023-04-21 12:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563173759 His dad talks about how he nearly committed suicide and he was put on a pretty strong tranquilizer which made him not able to tell Darius stories anymore page 285 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563182852 2023-04-21 12:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563182852 Darius and his dad talked and they are closer now, page 287 and on page 289 they are hanging out together. Laleh makes tea for Darius and says she will always be his friend, page 288 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563183441 2023-04-21 12:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563183441 Stephen Kellner talks about how he loves Darius and he always has, page 285-286 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563184811 2023-04-21 12:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563184811 Babou tells Darius that what happened is not his fault and Sohrab is lucky to know him page 291 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563189023 2023-04-21 12:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563189023 Sohrab apologizes and says he didn't mean it, page 294 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563192425 2023-04-21 12:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563192425 Sohrab hangs out with Darius and gives him a picture of the two of them for his birthday, page 296 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563201771 2023-04-21 12:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563201771 Darius and Laleh say goodbye to Mamou and Babou and they all love each other, page 299-300. Mom is very sad to say goodbye to Babou because they will never see each other again, page 301 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563204647 2023-04-21 12:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563204647 Chip is being nice to Darius now and he called out Trent, page 305. Chip also asked how his trip was and that he was glad Darius is back, page 309 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563208412 2023-04-21 12:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563208412 The coach at school tells Darius he should try out for the soccer team, page 306 bemasur26 https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563209227 2023-04-21 12:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bemasur26/bmasur/wish/2563209227