I think the author’s style using symbolism and imagery to talk about his life growing up. In chapter two when his ability to describe his memories. Like when his friend Tino died because he was running from the cops. “Tino’s misshapen body on the floor sprinkled over with hands of glass.” Growing up have this experience of running from cops, life, and death. I think no kid should be afraid of dying at a very young age. I think similar situations have happened to many people enforcing a sense of fearing toward the police. Which could explain why many of this people form groups to be able to protect themselves and people they care about. Because they couldn’t trust the police. I think that why young kids growing up went into gangs or group not to be a troublemaker but for the sense of protection. And in Luis’s world where nothing is stable for a long time the only thing that is this group will still be there. I think that what draws young impressionable kids who have problems at home or who can not go home. Find comfort in the street and with street life. These are so problem that Luis is trying to shine a light on.
After reading this chapter I also agreed that the author’s writing style uses symbolism and imagery. The way he used symbolism was like no other author i've read before. I felt that did a much better job in actual creating a very clear and vivid picture. Like for the example you used about his friend Tito dying, the words he used to describe that scene made me felt like i was their look at his body from the broken sunroof see is body lying with glass around him. His word choice in the book so far is like no other and i love the job he’s been doing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with how the author uses lots of symbolism and imagery as his way of getting his experiences out there for people to know what it was like to live in these cruel situations. There is no kid that at such a young age should be so concerned over dying or also having to see death happening to those that they care for. I also believe that Luis goal in all of this is to teach the readers or draw attention to problems that need to be fixed and addressed. Because that is the only way that these children will be able to live life without the worry of being victims of the gang violence around them.
ReplyDeleteI would totally agree with you, all throughout the story I would picture all the scenes he described. Having a very big imagination can do that to a person. I love reading and I tend to get lost in my own imagination in other books but in Always Running, I was getting lost more than usual. Throughout some of the scenes and how it would play in my mind, I would cry. I'm an emotional person as it is. To think that Luis had to go through such a horrible patch in his life is unbelievable. All throughout this chapter its as if he was talking to us in person, trying to get us to understand what he had gone through so we wouldn't make the same mistakes. It gets me thinking of the quote "Do as I say, not as I do.".
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