Character Analysis Of Wendell Holmes 'Character In' The Joy Luck Club

Wendell Holmes is the son of Stephen Holmes Arturo partner. Wendell is a antagonist in the story because he tries to manipulate Marcelo. He pretended to be Marcelo's friend, he would tell Mr.Sandoval good things about Marcelo, which means that Marcelo can go back to Paterson and work at the stables again in the fall. All Wendell wanted in return is for Marcelo to do all his work for him, and lure Jasmine onto Wendell’s yacht so he can make a move on her. Marcelo eventually refuses. Marcelo's been at the law firm long enough to become good friends with Jasmine. When Wendell goes to Mr.Sandoval and tells him He wants Marcelo to work with him on the Vidromek case. So Mr.Sandoval was very excited that Marcelo wanted to take this case. Marcelo really doesn’t want anything to do with it. Marcelo gets to work organizing the Vidromek files when he
Marcelo’s has never seen anything like this. He knows Sandoval and Holmes had wronged this girl by protecting Vidromek, and he knows he has to help her get the justice. He and Jasmine did some digging and found out that the girl's name is Ixtel Jaetz and her lawsuit is being handled by Geronimo "Jerry" Garcia. Garcia remained true to his ideals of helping people, while Arturo became corrupted by greed. Garcia wrote to Arturo and asked him to settle out of court so Ixtel could get surgery, but no Arturo wrote a letter back and told Garcia no.Marcelo finds a file saying that Vidromek knew the windshields were defective, despite Marcelo knowing that doing the right thing will condemn him to public high school and could ruin his father financially, he gave the information to Garcia. Arturo now has to settle out of court. When Marcelo finally meets Ixtel, she thanks him exceedingly for helping her, and he knows he's made the right decision. At the end of Marcelo’s journey I believe learned that even though the truth can hurt. It’s still the right thing to