Discover The Secret Of The Universe Parent And Child Quotes

“My mother is pure radiance. She is the sun, I can touch and kiss and hold without getting burnt.” Says poet and author, Sanober Khan. The relationship between parent and child is one that is special and magical, and Sanober Khan illustrates that beauty within this quote. Those unique ties between family members are a major theme in Benjamin Sáenz’s novel: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. The novel focuses on Aristotle Mendoza, a fifteen year old loner with a distant father, a slightly overbearing mother, and a brother in prison who is estranged from the family. As well as Dante Quintata, a charming and intellectual boy with a close and loving relationship with his parents, who befriends Aristotle. They quickly become

More specifically, the love between parent and child. Within the book Sáenz describes the complicated, nuanced, and sometimes mysterious relationship between Aristotle and his parents. Throughout the book, Aristotle talks about how distant his father is, and how he desperately wishes to understand and know his father: “I could have asked my father a lot of questions. I could have. But there was something in his face and eyes in his crooked smile that kept me from asking. I guess I didn’t believe he wanted me to know who he was. So I just collected clues. Watching my father read that book was another clue in my collection. Someday all the clues would come together, and I would solve the mystery of my father.” (page 23) This quote really illustrates the feeling of wanting to know and figure out a parent that is more emotionally distant. In my experience, my dad grew up in Soviet Russia and escaped to avoid being drafted into a war between Russia and Chechnya and for a better life in America. This always seemed like a completely different world to me, and since my dad shows little signs of his early life, I relate to this quote. Such a feeling is common in children of immigrant and emotionally distant parents, and the author portrays this in a way that allows the reader to understand and sympathize with both Aristotle and his father. Not many other pieces of media illustrate the

The relationship between parents and children can take many forms, and are shaped by many different experiences. Sáenz explores these variations in realistic and natural conversations, thoughts, and exchanges. We most clearly see these differences when we compare Dante’s relationship with his father to Aristotle’s relationship with his father, “It made me smile, the way they got along, the easy and affectionate way they talked to each other as if love between a father and son was simple and uncomplicated. My mom and I, sometimes the thing we had between us was simple and uncomplicated. Sometimes. But me and my dad, we didn’t have that. I wondered what it would be like, to walk into a room and kiss my father”(page 42). This passage really describes that nuance that is held in the delicate and versatile relationship between father and child. From what I’ve personally observed, there are a massive amount of different father-child relationships. Some are more tender, relaxed, and affectionate like Dante’s, some are more rigid and tense, like Aristotle's, are more tense yet built on a mutual understanding. This complexity that the author explores is a clear example of how thoroughly and thoughtfully familial love is depicted. a In a familial