Paintball In The Wild Gary Soto Analysis

Growing up, Mexican-Americans in Fresno California, Soto’s Family, were farmers and factory workers. Several quotes from the article, “About Gary Soto,” give information on Soto’s family.  For example, the article quotes, “everyone in his family was a field or factory worker.” (“About”) According to this article, being a Mexican-American family in Fresno California it was almost like Soto’s family were destined to be laborers. They lived

In the short story Mr. Soto exclaims when he was younger he pushed a lawn mower, door to door trying to find someone who would pay him to cut their grass. At the time he did not know that his area was in the lower-class bracket, “It struck me like a ball. They were poor, but I didn’t even recognize them. I left the projects and tried houses with a little luck, and began to wonder if they too housed the poor” (101). This is significant because later he speaks about how he was so oblivious to how he grew up. Later in this childhood story he stated that he wanted to become a hobo since he thought there was no jobs for him in the world since he did not want to work like his father. He exclaimed that his dad would come home with blistery hands, sit down their living room chair and stare at the television for the rest of the night. At the end of this story he starts talking about how he became who he is now, and why he fell into his career. “It’s been twenty years since I went door to door. Now I am living this other life that seems a dream. How did I get here? What line on my palm arched in a small fortune? I sit before students, before grade books, before other professors talking about books they’ve yet to write, so surprised that I’m far from that man on the sidewalk” (101). This quote from “To Be A Man,” is a very smart and somewhat humorous line, because Mr. Soto realizes that he could have easily been a hobo on that

During the 1960’s, the Civil Rights Movement wasn’t the only one occurring. Struggling to assimilate into American culture, and suppressed by social injustices convicted by their Anglo counterparts, the Chicano movement was born. In the epic poem “I am Joaquin” written by Rodolfo Gonzales in 1969, we dive into what it means to be a Chicano. Through this poem, we see the struggles of the Chicano people portrayed by the narrator, in an attempt to grasp the American’s attention during the time of these movements. Hoping to shed light on the issues and struggles the Chicano population faced, Gonzales writes this epic in an attempt to strengthen the movement taking place, and to give Chicanos a sense of belonging and solidarity in this now

They are obviously used to show that Soto is nervous and moving around quickly because there is a lot of action going on at the time. However, in the some of the last paragraphs there are many more complex sentences, which are used to show that Soto has returned to his state of boredom and also to express that there is not much going on inside Soto’s head..

Gary Soto’s tone is filled with resentment for the evil deed he has accomplished. Realizing his actions and seeking forgiveness, this shows how innocent and spirit-minded he tended to be as a 6-year-old boy. It’s essential for people to sort their evil doings and aim to make up for them. This will make you feel better and not be loaded with torment and torture of disastrous ponderings.

In the poem “Behind Grandma’s House”, Gary Soto writes about an experience he had as a young boy. He speaks of himself as being a nerdy Spanish boy who wants attention. He screams out for attention by acting out in negative ways. Most know, to bring attention to one’s self, one can acquire it by acting negatively or positively, but negative attention brings punishment. Soto obtains his grandmothers attention at the end of the poem, but he may have regretted it. Gary Soto’s “Behind Grandma’s House” is a 1952 free verse poem that uses imagery to suggest the speaker’s perspective of the story.

The speaker addresses the dilemma of being neither Mexican nor American, of traveling the trajectory between both nationalities. Because he its color of the skin and lived in a border culture, it was often assumed that he was not an American. The speaker is a men looking for freedom and a better future, an element so well-known that he is willing to risk everything to achieve his goal. There is no need for Soto to run because he is an American. Soto’s poem is emotionally and a practical clever story that many Mexicans Americans relate too.

For example, when he was younger he used to live in a neighborhood well known as a barrio, which is the Spanish word for a lower-class neighborhood. He writes about barrios in Pacific Crossing, “... on his way to Japan with his lifelong friend, his blood, his carnal, his neighbor from the barrio, his number-one man on the basketball floor at Franklin Junior High - Tony Contreras.” (Soto 1). Soto is connecting his past with his character’s by writing about what their lives used to be like. He also writes about their Mexican-American ancestries. He writes, “At a young age, he worked in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley.” (“Gary Soto”). When Gary Soto was younger, he and his parents and grandparents worked in the fields to help make a living for him, his siblings, and the rest of his family. He relates this to his novel by writing, “But field work - even in a one-acre patch of eggplant, his least favorite vegetable, and three rows of tomato plants - was something new to Lincoln. He felt proud as he staggered about in oversized boots, a hat shading his eyes from the sun.” (Soto 24-25). In this part of the novel, Lincoln is learning what life in Japan is actually like and Gary Soto is connecting what his life was like when he was Lincoln’s

For Enrique his pre-birth and childhood had incorporated many obstacles that made him choose the path he was going to take. Before Enrique was even born he had no idea what his struggles were going to be. The neighborhood and even his family were a figment of Enrique’s imagination. Enrique was born into a broken family that had many needs his parents were not able to provide. Enrique’s family was not high in economic status and resorted to living in Tegucigalpa,

Soto wanted the money to appear rich in the eyes of those around him, namely the white neighbors that never seemed to like him. His subconscious reacted and registered this action as one that could negatively effect him, and overrides his intended outcome. All the money he wanted for showing off, was spent on a fun day with a friend and his

Stories,” mainly because I personally live in the Los Angeles area and my parents grew up in parts of South Central and East Los Angeles as children. I found this this book would be most relatable to myself, since I am a Latina and my parents who have experiences a tremendous amount of discrimination, poverty, and violence in the past. They have over came these obstacles and were determined to provide my siblings and I with a brighter future. While researching a little more into the subject matter, I found that my initial perceptions on this book were true. Luis Rodriguez wrote this book to give his neighborhood of East Los Angeles a voice, in order to bring awareness to the unfortunate experiences that many, like my parents, have had to go through. My parents have shared many of their personal experiences while growing up in such a tough neighborhood and I was extremely interested in listening to the stories of

Jose understands at a young age that in order to escape the indentured life of working in a sugar cane plantation like his ancestors before him, he must do something different. In the classroom, Jose is a very bright student as seen through his peers and especially his professor who eventually helped Jose get into a prestigious school because of his academic excellence. He assures his grandmother who is his sole provider and family that one day she’ll no longer have to work tirelessly in the sugar cane plantation. Jose dreams of taking work in a more profitable and higher field then the plantation his community is chained to all being done by attaining

Jennifer Glaser touches on many topics in her analysis “Picturing the Transnational in Palomar: Gilbert Hernandez and the Comics of the Borderlands,” such as, sex, love, sexism, gender, violence, and much more. While these areas are all explored in some way throughout Hernandez’s stories, Glaser ties them all in by discussing how a small Central American town named Palomar views itself versus how outsiders, such as Americans view it. Glaser further explains how the stories Hernandez tells are used specifically to humanize Latinos and provide a different view and perspective into the Latin community from what is normally showed by pop culture. Hernandez not once labels Palomar as a Mexican city in an effort to allow any Latino to feel as if they can belong there. In her analysis, Glaser explains this by discussing how:

Skylar Miller Mrs. Nadeau Chemistry, Period 4 16 September 2014 1. The article says that making a water soluble paintball would be a daunting task; what does the word daunting mean? (4 points) I think daunting means difficult. The article "Paintball: Chemistry Hits Its Mark" talks about how a paintball is made and why it's made the way it is.

Lorenzo Santillan had a hard live since he was small, when he was still a baby his mother dropped him and because of that he developed a lump on his forehead. Her mother thought that he needed a better medication so a doctor in Phoenix accepted to treat him, but the surgery had too many risks. Considering that his family was already there they decided to stay, mainly because in Phoenix they had more opportunities for work than in Mexico. Lorenzo wanted to fit in a group but it was really hard to him because many people mocked at him. He tried to join the marching band but he didn’t like it because he could not play an instrument. Lorenzo learned many things from his godfather especially that to survive people needed good ideas and get used to their new life.