Quinn is the other main character in the novel. He is white and a senior at Springfield Central High. His father was a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan, and throughout the novel Quinn struggles with the responsibilities his father’s absence creates and the challenge of living up to his legacy. He is a dutiful son to Ma and older brother to Willy, but sometimes still gets into trouble, for example for stealing his mother’s bourbon. Quinn accidentally witnesses Rashad’s violent arrest at Jerry’s, and is left feeling confused and troubled by what he saw. His discomfort is magnified by the fact that Paul Galluzzo has served as a father figure to him ever since Quinn’s real father died. Over the course of the novel Quinn struggles to define his own beliefs about race and racism, at times attempting to erase the incident at Jerry’s from his mind. However, by the end of the novel he has come to fervently believe in the importance of fighting for racial justice.