| Thursday, March 5, 2009 |
| Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez |
"What about working for me on weekends? I can pay you $1.25 an hour." Mike Nevel, pg 86
I thought that this was the hardships that the characters faced. I thought that it was really sad for them to live in America especially when they don't have enough money. They could take any job that they could possibly get, and receiving $1.25 an hour was extremely little. I wondered how much money that they needed to spend for groceries and rent.
I think that Francisco spent a lot of money on the typewriter because he gave him $5 for it when it would take him several hours to pay for it. I think that he could've just took it even though they didn't have any money for it at all. I thought that it was really weird because they find other things such as baby clothes and tennis shoes in the dumpster.
If you were in their position would you have taken the typewriter for school purposes? Or would you have left it so you wouldn't have to pay?
"Her father even promised her to buy a car if she stopped seeing me. Can you believe that?" Roberto, pg 107
I thought that this was a hardship that Roberto faced because he was discriminated and I thought that it was really sad. I don't understand why Susan's parents did not want her to see Roberto. I don't get what they had against Mexicans. I thought that it was weird and that it reminded me of Romeo and Juliet, except I wondered what Roberto's parents would've thought about that. I thought that Roberto and Susan would've probably gotten married or something, but I guess she just moved on.
What do you think Susan's parents not like about Mexicans? |
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