Julio Rivera 's Life And Life

Rodriguez starts off by discussing the struggles he faced growing up as a bilingual Hispanic in an American society, it was quite a roughhouse due

Junot Diaz was born in the Dominican Republic and immigrated with his family to New Jersey, where a collection of his short stories are based from. Out of that collection is a short story “Fiesta, 1980”, which was featured in The Best American Short Stories, 1997. This story is told from the perspective of an adolescent boy, who lives in the Bronx of northern New Jersey with his family. He is having trouble understanding why things are the way they are in his family. Diaz shows Yunior’s character through his cultures, his interaction with his family, and his bitterness toward his father.

     Rodriguez's parents think they are doing the best job possible raising their three children. Being a lower class family, money was not something that was always available. His mother and father can always supply them with love and nurturing. The way they let their children know they are special and close is to talk to them in their private language. His parents could not speak good English; they could not translate their terms of endearment for the children without the saying losing its meaning. "Using Spanish, he (the father) was quickly effusive...his voice would spark, flicker, flare alive with varied sounds.? Only speaking English, the father is a completely different person.

The story begins in Guatemala; it shows the happy family life which Rosa and Enrique have. Their family friends are visiting and they are talking about the life in United States. Rosa’s godmother says she has been reading Good

“On March 20, 2000, he goes to his grandmother Águeda’s house. He stands on the same porch that his mother disappeared from eleven years ago. He hugs Maria Isabel and Aunt Rosa Amelia. Then he steps off” (44).

The Hispanic culture has different values, beliefs, and traditions. Family is highly value. Family is a close-knit group and the most important social group to gather in any events or special days. The Hispanic “family unit” includes not only parents and children but also grandparents and extended family. Individuals within the family have moral responsibilities to help other members of the family experiencing financial problems, unemployment, health conditions and any other life issues. They show the importance placed upon relationship within their family extending a hand in good times and bad. Respeto y dignidad (respect and dignity) are other important values of the Hispanic culture. Children’s are taught to avoid confrontations with parents and older persons, and to be obedient and respectful. The Hispanics believe that the father is head of the family and the mother is to take care of home. Naming children after grandparents and parents is fairly common. A well-known tradition is the celebration of a fifteen year old girl called Quincenera. Hispanics culture and traditions are based around celebrating and spending time with love ones.

This separation from his family caused a longing in his life. But this longing was superseded by what he suspected his teachers could give him. Rodriguez develops a double personality of sorts. The person he is at home, the polite child who lovingly does what his parents ask of him. And then the academic persona he

Mr. E was born in a ranch in Guadalajara, Mexico. He is the youngest son of nine children. His father passed away when he was 1 - year old. He was privileged to attend elementary school from the 1st grade to the 4th grade. Mr. E had the responsibility of helping support the family as there were only two male children in the family and the

Chavez’s life started in a small adobe home, near Yuma Arizona on March 31, 1927. His parents

Carlos is working 2 jobs to keep the two afloat. In the eyes of his employers at Hector's he is already 18, nobody asked for a birth certificate. To the "official persons" he didn't even exist. While talking about their favorite Cuban-born baseball player, El Grade, and cooking their Saturday morning breakfast, Carlos said to his brother “My little brother, Miguel, the hero

As children grow up in a dysfunctional family, they experience trauma and pain from their parent’s actions, words, and attitudes. With this trauma experienced, they grew up changed; different from other children. The parent’s behavior affects them and whether they like it or not, sometimes it can influence them, and they can react against it or can repeat it. In Junot Díaz’s “Fiesta, 1980”, is presented this theme of the dysfunctional family. The author presents a story of an adolescent Latin boy called Junior, who narrates the chronicles of his dysfunctional family, a family of immigrants from the Dominican Republic driving to a party in the Bronx, New York City. “Papi had been with

They lived in San Pedro street which was located in San Antonio, Texas. It was the wealthiest class of the Mexican colony. It was considered the “high society” which was made up of persons of the working class. After five years the family started to talk English and the exceptions were from the Father and Mother. Manuel Gamio judgest the family saying that they are white because of their grandparents ethnicity of the father were French and the mother was

Tre is the pseudonym the parents chose for the anonymity of this youth. Tres means three in Spanish but was shortened to Tre because he happens to be the third generation with his father’s name. Tre was born in 2012 into a mixed family, the father is a full-blooded Hispanic and the mother is a Caucasian woman, but Tre definitely takes after his father. Tre now looks very similar to the pictures that his parents presented of the father when he was the same age. Prior to this observation research was done into the developmental stage of a three year old and upon observation Tre seems to fit into the normal progressive state that any child of three would go through. He’s smart, imaginative, creative, not at all shy, and seems to be well mannered, but maybe a little spoiled. Tre was the first baby born and also the first male born into this family in 14 years. Desi has a little girl born from a prior relationship who is now 5. Lucy also has three girls of her own from a previous marriage. Lucy is even lucky enough to be a grandmother at 40 years of age to one child with a second on the way. Desi and Lucy are the parents of Tre and who where in the room when the observation of Tre took place and they were the caregivers later interviewed. Lucy is the sibling of a co-worker as this was the interviewers first ever contact with the couple; the co-worker accompanied the interviewer to make things a little more

​The father figure depicted in this story could be viewed in a few different ways. At first I thought the authors father was kind of a stuck up, rude man, who was sour about the advantages of living a normal life in American society. I felt that he had made his son feel like he could never do what he had down. If a parental figure makes you feel like that, there tends to be a reaction. It could be positive or negative. In Rodriguez’s case he took what his father said, and harnessed it into a positive learning experience. When I thought about more in depth, it became clear that Rodriguez’s father wasn’t putting his son down at all. He was simply explaining to his son how different their worlds where. He was stressing that although his son had more opportunity, and was presented with much greater potential to be excellent, that the work he did growing up was much harder, and tough than most people realize. His father was just making it known that in his working years he did not have many options as to career choices. But on the other hand I can easily see why the author felt that his father had challenged him. Much like I felt my father was challenging me. Rodriguez felt like he needed to prove that he could perform the same task that his fathers use to do to provide for their families. Working with you’re your hands, completing messy, strenuous, sometimes painful jobs was almost a part of Hispanic culture. A part of

Moises Gutierrez was born on July 26, 1966 in Guadalajara, Mexico, but he was living with his mother and father during his time in Tepatitlan, Mexico. He was the first-born son within a family of six, two boys and four girls. In fact, he would even give nicknames to all his siblings, which consisted of, in order: Guillermina Diaz, known as “Gorthies”; Blanca Gutierrez, known as “Nena”; Alma Cuevas, known as “Chita”; Alex Gutierrez, “Zorille”; and Faby Gutierrez, known as “Cariole” (Alex). Their current living status was at the poverty level, constantly living and moving to different homes constantly, while other times they did not live in homes at all. Yet despite their living and financial status, they would constantly live in neighborhoods that were great and safe for anyone. Those neighborhoods would have many other children to play with, and many of the adults were good people, proving a haven for all those within the neighborhood, no matter how much money they are or aren’t making. And it was thanks to these neighborhoods and all those living within that helped Moises Gutierrez grow up into a person that “always has a smile on his face, and constantly making friends with anyone and everyone” (Cuevas). However, even though that he made many friends, many of them would be, according to my uncle Alex Gutierrez, “Moises’ outer circle friends”, and that there were only a select few who were, “Moises’ friends within his inner circle.” It is these inner circle friends that