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   Born 1953, in Monterrey, Mexico
   Attended Spring Hill College
   Then Harvard Graduate School
   Attended Columbia Law School
   Has written 5 novels to date
   Currently an attorney in Boston
Marcelo Sandoval- Main Protagonist
   Autistic- like Syndrome
   17 years old
   Lives in a tree house
Jasmine
   Works at law firm
   From Vermont
   Plays Piano
Wendell Holmes
   Captain of Squash Team at Harvard
   Working at law firm also
   Is a determined womanizer
   Arturo- Father
   Juliet- Mr. Holmes’s secretary
   Rabbi Heschel- Advisor to Marcelo
   Jerry Garcia- opposing lawyer
   Ixtel Jaetz- Girl in picture
Sacrifice
   Paterson for the summer
   Comfort zone
                      Injustice
   Forced choice of jobs
   Public presentation of Marcelo’s disability
   Truth and Justice

   Deadlines

   Appearances
Marcelo and Wendell
Marcelo and Arturo



       Vs.
   Unrealistic representation due to elitism



   Conflicts were too easily resolved
   Book info
    http://www.franciscostork.com/index_marcelo.php
   Interview with author
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH4nIv4Oj-A
   Asperger’s info
    http://www.aspergerssyndrome.org/

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Marcelo in the real world

  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3. Born 1953, in Monterrey, Mexico  Attended Spring Hill College  Then Harvard Graduate School
  • 4. Attended Columbia Law School  Has written 5 novels to date  Currently an attorney in Boston
  • 5. Marcelo Sandoval- Main Protagonist  Autistic- like Syndrome  17 years old  Lives in a tree house
  • 6. Jasmine  Works at law firm  From Vermont  Plays Piano
  • 7. Wendell Holmes  Captain of Squash Team at Harvard  Working at law firm also  Is a determined womanizer
  • 8. Arturo- Father  Juliet- Mr. Holmes’s secretary  Rabbi Heschel- Advisor to Marcelo  Jerry Garcia- opposing lawyer  Ixtel Jaetz- Girl in picture
  • 9. Sacrifice  Paterson for the summer  Comfort zone Injustice  Forced choice of jobs  Public presentation of Marcelo’s disability
  • 10. Truth and Justice  Deadlines  Appearances
  • 13. Unrealistic representation due to elitism  Conflicts were too easily resolved
  • 14. Book info http://www.franciscostork.com/index_marcelo.php  Interview with author http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH4nIv4Oj-A  Asperger’s info http://www.aspergerssyndrome.org/

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