Dear Reader,

 

In the Mexican White Boy pages 156-207 a lot has happened.  Uno’s and Danny’s friendship has grown stronger and Danny and Liberty have grown closer than ever before, the only thing that stands in their way is culture.

 

I feel that Danny’s and Uno’s friendship has grown through baseball.  They both have a goal.  They stick up for each other and watch each other’s backs.  For example, “Uno stays staring at Danny.  ‘It’s just … I can’t let you get hurt, D.  I canot’” (174).  This quote shows that Uno didn’t want Danny to get hurt.  Uno wanted Danny t o run back to the bus after the last pitch, but Danny didn’t run.  Danny stayed to help Uno fight.  I think Danny did the right thing by staying to help Uno.  What would you have done?

 

Danny has also grown closer to Liberty.  On a date, they had to go outside together.  They tried to talk the only problem was their culture.  Danny can only speak English and Liberty can only speak Spanish.  They try to communicate but it doesn’t work.  Liberty says, “‘Me recuerdas de un chico mayor de donde soy yo. He tendio ganas de decirtelo desde el principio del verano, Pero a veces me da tanta verguenza hablar en ingles que prefiero no decir nada’”(188).  This means “You remind me of an older guy where I’m from.  I want to tell you since the beginning of the summer.  But sometimes I get so embarrassed to speak English I’d rather not say anything.”  Danny replied,  “‘I’m so happy right now. Being here with you, In National City. I came here because sometimes I feel like a fake American. And I don’t want to be fake. I wanna be real, I love my dad’s family. And I love the culture and the language and everything my gramma cooks and the way they live. I’ve always wished I was more like them. But it’s been twice as bad since my dad left.…I wish I could tell you how pretty you I think you are in Spanish. But I can’t. Because I never learned”’ (188).  It’s a shame that they can’t talk to each other.  What would you do if you didn’t speak the same language as your crush?

 

I got really confused at one point.  When Danny was in the car with his uncle and then hit that man.  I didn’t really understand why they did that.  They also kept mentioning Danny’s father and I couldn’t understand why because he wasn’t with them.  Di d you understand this part of the story?

 

Overall, I think Mexican White Boy is a really good book.  I like how you can see friendships forming over time.  How do you like the book?

 

Sincerely

 Sara Houle