Summary:
Things are not good in school because most of the teachers kind of hate him. Every little mistake he makes, it is like the end of the world for the teachers. Sammy, Gigi, and Rene have been having detentions because they were not obeying the dress code. So Gigi brought the idea that they should do a student's strike but Sammy did not like the idea and he refused to help them. One night, Mrs. Espinoza went to Sammy's house asking for his son, Reyes. Sammy told her that he was going to help her and will go out and find him. Sammy went to get Rene so he could help him. They finally found Reyes, who was on the floor dead because of an heroine overdose. During the Reyes funeral, Sammy went to Juliana's grave and started to tell her what has happened after she died. One day, Sammy got lonely and he decided to visit Rene's house. Rene's mother told him that she thinks his son was into drugs but Sammy lied to her bu telling her that he was not. So that night, he asked his father to borrow his car and he went to look for Rene. Sammy found him on the river, but Rene refused to go with him. They fought. Then Rene asked Sammy if he was okay and that he should leave. Sammy went to the car but then came back and grabbed Rene and told him that he should stop. Sammy was not planning in losing someone else. He had lost his mother because of cancer, he lost Juliana because to a bullet and he could not forget her, he lost Jaime because of an exile that he could not understand, and he lost Pifas to the army. Sammy was running out of people to loose so he decided to make a change. Now that he has found Rene, he was determined to find Gigi so that night he called her and told her that he was going to help them with the strike. At first the strike was successful but then it turned into a chaos, even the police came. But at the end they were not really in trouble because they were trying to make their voices heard. Sammy received letters from Jaime and Pifas. Jaime's letter said that he was doing okay and that he has written a lot of letters to Eric but he has not replied back. Pifas's letter, basically said the same and it also said that he really loved Gigi and that when he comes back from Vietnam he was going to marry her. He sent her a letter asking her to marry with him , but she did not know what to say so she consulted with Sammy, Angel and Rene, and they told her that she should lie to him by saying that she will because he is already in the war he does not need more suffering. Gigi was going out with Charlie so she decided to tell him that she was going out with him when he comes back.
Things are not good in school because most of the teachers kind of hate him. Every little mistake he makes, it is like the end of the world for the teachers. Sammy, Gigi, and Rene have been having detentions because they were not obeying the dress code. So Gigi brought the idea that they should do a student's strike but Sammy did not like the idea and he refused to help them. One night, Mrs. Espinoza went to Sammy's house asking for his son, Reyes. Sammy told her that he was going to help her and will go out and find him. Sammy went to get Rene so he could help him. They finally found Reyes, who was on the floor dead because of an heroine overdose. During the Reyes funeral, Sammy went to Juliana's grave and started to tell her what has happened after she died. One day, Sammy got lonely and he decided to visit Rene's house. Rene's mother told him that she thinks his son was into drugs but Sammy lied to her bu telling her that he was not. So that night, he asked his father to borrow his car and he went to look for Rene. Sammy found him on the river, but Rene refused to go with him. They fought. Then Rene asked Sammy if he was okay and that he should leave. Sammy went to the car but then came back and grabbed Rene and told him that he should stop. Sammy was not planning in losing someone else. He had lost his mother because of cancer, he lost Juliana because to a bullet and he could not forget her, he lost Jaime because of an exile that he could not understand, and he lost Pifas to the army. Sammy was running out of people to loose so he decided to make a change. Now that he has found Rene, he was determined to find Gigi so that night he called her and told her that he was going to help them with the strike. At first the strike was successful but then it turned into a chaos, even the police came. But at the end they were not really in trouble because they were trying to make their voices heard. Sammy received letters from Jaime and Pifas. Jaime's letter said that he was doing okay and that he has written a lot of letters to Eric but he has not replied back. Pifas's letter, basically said the same and it also said that he really loved Gigi and that when he comes back from Vietnam he was going to marry her. He sent her a letter asking her to marry with him , but she did not know what to say so she consulted with Sammy, Angel and Rene, and they told her that she should lie to him by saying that she will because he is already in the war he does not need more suffering. Gigi was going out with Charlie so she decided to tell him that she was going out with him when he comes back.
Quote:
"Something broke in me. Something broke. But that something needed to be broken. It did. Sometimes you have to tear something down so you can build something new" (Sáenz 250).
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When I read this quote, the first thing that comes to my mind is that Sammy is starting to grow up and become a man. He is starting to realize this as he starts to understand that life is hard and is not the color of roses. A lot of things are happening to Sammy, first Juliana dies which affected him a lot, school is not good at all, Pifas is in Vietnam fighting in the war, Reyes died because of heroine overdose. So when I analyze this quote it makes me think that in order for someone to grow up they have to lost the things that they really loved so they can appreciate what they have and not waste their lives in doing stuff that will bring trouble to them. Sammy is becoming to a man and he is starting to realize things on his own such as knowing the limits of what is right and wrong so he does not regret his actions at the end.
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