BURIED ONIONS

ANGEL

• Angel was Jesús' friend in the novel.
• Angel was a minor character in the beginning of the story.
• He later on became a more important character.
• In the story the first place we met Angel was at Holmes playground.

GOOD/BAD/INDIFFERENT

• At first Eddie only knows of Angel, they aren't friends.
• Angels relationship to Eddie was through Jesús.
• The relationship changes later on in the story.
• This is because Norma told Eddie that Angel killed Jesús.
• Angel brings a bad force to the relationship, he tried to kill Eddie.

QUOTES

• "I straddled my bike, just looking at him,
• sizing him up. His hair was slicked back."
• "When the door opened, I leaped and grabbed Angel by the legs, so that he
• fell backward and hit his head against the door jam. I pummeled him with
• a two-fisted action as he scratched like a little girl and kicking his legs free."

NORMA

• Norma is a girl that Eddie talks to and she likes Eddie because he is like Jesus.
• Norma is a minor character who introduces an important aspect of the story.
• We first meet Norma at a cafeteria in the College that Eddie used to attend

EDDIES GIRL

• Eddies relationship was that they used to be friend.
• The relationship changed when she tried to be more than just friends.
• The relationship changed again when Norma told Eddie, Angel killed Jesus.
• Norma brought evil forces to the relationship by telling Eddie what Angel did.

QUOTES

• Norma offered me a soda and two sandwiches she'd snatched from work.
• I ate them by her pool, which shimmered under an orange porch light."
• "But they didn't know who was on the other end of the line.
• It was Norma from high school, Norma the cafeteria cashier, Norma with the tattoo tear."

JOSE

• Jose is a friend of eddies for when they were kids and he wanted to see him again.
• He was an important character because he helped Eddie consider joining the Navy.
• We first meet Jose when he knocks on eddies door and attacks him.

NAVY!

• Eddies relationship to Jose was that they were old friends.
• The relationship changed when he grew up because they didn't talk.
• The relationship was changed again when Jose came back into his life.
• Jose brought good forces to the relationship as he was a good role model.

QUOTES!

• "When I pulled open the door, the smiling soldier yelled,"border patrol,
• homes, grabbed me by the throat, and pushed me hard to the wall."
• "I raced to the sixth floor. José was lying up there with tiny plastic hoses
• in his nose and IVs in his arm."