| Sunday, March 1, 2009 |
| Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez |
"From that day on, Papa's spirits began to die too. His moods changed from day to day. He began to complain about his back and got angry about everything and everyone" page 53
This was one of the challenges that Papa faced when living in America. I thought that he was starting to get sick and die soon. In the first book Papa seems caring and funny, and in this chapter he is angry and irritant. His sickness really changes his character and I wondered how the rest of the family felt about that. If I was Francisco I would be annoyed, worried, and scared of Papa.
I could relate to Papa, because when your back hurts you get very irritant and nervous. It's a strange mood, but since Papa gets extremely angry, you can tell that the pain must be really bad, and he must be really sick.
So did the family get sent back to Mexico then went back to America? I didn't understand that part.
""You can't wear that t-shirt, mijo, Mama cried out. "It's yellow-ish and frayed." -Mama, page 58
Francisco had to wear something nice for his 8th grade graduation, but he only had a yellow-ish shirt that was frayed. I think that this shows how poor the family was. They couldn't really buy a nice shirt since they didn't have the money. Francisco's only choice was to wear a bigger shirt that didn't fit him as well. Francisco could've worn a collared shirt, but I'm guessing that he didn't have one.
I think that Francisco was also hesitant about the t-shirt, because many other boys wore a white collared shirt. He was glad that his friend was wearing a t-shirt too, but I don't think it's dressy for a junior high graduation. I think that Francisco could've saved up money for a nice shirt for that occasion.
Why couldn't Francisco's Mama and Papa go to his graduation? |
posted by charisse @ 5:01 PM  |
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well this is torwd the first Q. and im a little confused a bout the whole thing too but i think that they did come back.and i know if i was cought like them i would come back because this is their chance for a better life.
This is my anwser to the second question umm... i dont really know why they couldnt go bout i found this part really good cuz even thought they couldn't really go and see it the mad sure he looked his best. especially when his older brother came and helped him out by giving him one of his shirts.
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well this is torwd the first Q. and im a little confused a bout the whole thing too but i think that they did come back.and i know if i was cought like them i would come back because this is their chance for a better life.
This is my anwser to the second question umm... i dont really know why they couldnt go bout i found this part really good cuz even thought they couldn't really go and see it the mad sure he looked his best. especially when his older brother came and helped him out by giving him one of his shirts.