Tuesday, October 14, 2008

5/4/3/2/1 #2

Daniel Sanchez

5/4/3/2/1 NOTES #2 "RUNNUING AWAY" BY LUIS J. RODRIGUEZ.

5-COMMENTS

*The narrator's dad had sons and daughters from another women , which made his family even bigger.

*One of his half-sisters had died of eating chicharrones accidentally when she was an infant.

*There was racism against immigrants:
"hey get out of there that's our seat" pg.#19
"you don't belong here this is not your country" pg.#19

*SETTING: 105th street, McKenley Avenue.

*It shows how don't speaking english in this country affects the people's devolopment and fairly treatment.

4-QUESTIONS

*Why did people act like that in those times?

*Didn't people who could not understand english have the same education as others?

*Why couldn't these people have the same education as others?

*Was capitalism in this country by that time?

3-VOCABULARY

*greasers: any thick, oily substance or lubricant.

*dared: to have enough courage for.

*pews: any of the benches with a back that are fixed in rows in a church.

2-LITERARY TERMS:

*Indirect Characterization: "the wet of tears covers her face. Mama then says she can't go. She will stay with him".

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