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=**Marcelo in the Real World**=

**The third novel from Francisco X. Stork, //Marcelo in the Real World// is the story of Marcelo Sandoval and his discovery of the world the rest of us think we know.**
Seventeen-year-old Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear, part of the autism-like impairment no doctor has been able to identify. Marcelo is tagged with a "developmental disorder" because of his pervasive interest in God and all things religious and because he does not relate to others as expected. He's always attended a special school where his differences have been protected. But the summer after his junior year, his father demands that Marcelo work in his law firm's mailroom in order to experience "the real world." There Marcelo meets Jasmine, a beautiful and surprising coworker, and Wendell, the son of another partner in the firm. Marcelo learns about competition and jealousy, anger and desire. But it's a picture he finds in a file — a picture of a girl with half a face —that truly connects him with the real world: its suffering, its injustice, and what he can do to fight.

Questions- How can you explain the relationship between Marcelo and his father Arturo? Answer: Their relationship varries on their moods at the time the talk to each other. But sometimes Marcelo's father talks to Marcelo like a lawyer talk to a client, and another time he talks to Marcelo like a father would talk to his son.

What do you think Marcelo starts feeling about Jasmine throughout his time at the lawfirm? Why do you think it's easier for him to talk to Jasmine than it is to anyone else in the lawfirm? Answer: I think Marcelo starts crushing on Jasmine, even though he doesn't know it. I think it's easier for him to talk to Jasmine than it is for him to talk to anyone else at the lawfirm is because she is nicer to him than the others are. She also treats him like anyone else. Plus she isn't like the other people at the firm. She treat people like they are people, she's not affraid to speak her mind, plus she starts to have feelings about Marcelo.