David O'Connor (equestrian) David O'Connor (equestrian) David John O'Connor (born January 18, 1962) is a retired equestrian who represented the United States in the sport of three-day eventing. He competed in two Olympic Games, winning a team silver at the 1996 Summer Olympics and an individual gold and team bronze at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 1999 Pan American Games, O'Connor took an individual silver and team gold and at the 2002 World Equestrian Games he assisted the US team to gold. After his retirement from competition in 2004, he became involved in the administrative side of international eventing. O'Connor has held
Marcelo in the Real World fall’.” The author also said the novel addresses the following questions: "Why is there suffering? What does it mean to have knowledge of good and evil?” Another reviewer noticed that Marcelo expresses “a moral sensibility that ultimately thwarts a bully.” Lastly and “most important, he learns that sometimes being uncomfortable, or even miserable, can inspire a person to do great things”. The idea of the "real world" that Arturo is so determined to have Marcelo join is a subjective viewpoint that can only be referred to from an individual's personal opinion. What Francisco X. Stork is attempting to portray with