A&D Second Reading

A lot happened in the second reading of A&D. One thing that keeps on frustrating me, is the envelope labeled “Bernardo” about Ari’s brother in jail. Just open it! He is obviously struggling to open it for some reason, I guess maybe he is scared. I am not totally sure, but I hope he opens it soon. I would really like to know why his brother got put in jail, and would like to see what Ari’s thoughts are about it. Ari has also started experimenting with drinking, and girls. And so has Dante. Dante has written Ari numerous times (7 times I believe), and Ari has only written to him once. Just like the envelope about his brother, I don’t understand why Ari doesn’t write Dante more. He is constantly talking about him or at least thinking about him, so just write him. Dante is becoming increasingly more forward and revealing in his letters. Just like Ari, Dante recently kissed a girl, and has told Ari all about it. In Dante’s later letters, he even reveals how the girl feels like Dante is kissing someone else, maybe even a boy. Dante doesn’t shoot this down right away, and in the next letter, he even tells Ari how he is going to tell his dad he may like boys. I would imagine that would be a pretty tough conversation to have with your dad, but Dante’s dad doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who would react in a bad way. Dante seems to be figuring himself out while he is in Chicago, whereas Ari is a mess; he is all over the place. He has a thing with Ileana, but she kind of breaks his heart and then just falls off the map with her gang involved boyfriend. It will be interesting to see where the story goes from here.

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