Deviance By Juan Ochoas Summary

Deviance in today’s society can be seen as an act or attitude that is normal, unavoidable and relies on societal reactions. After listening to the story narrated by Juan Ochoa about his childhood experience in Mexico with his family, one can conclude that the discussed deviance is social, regarding the ongoing issues in the surroundings. This is because Mexico experienced a period of lawlessness, which gave room for a prevalent deviant behavior. Deviance act can extend to a criminal level. The narrator referred to his father as one of the reigning promoter of corruption at the local level, going from town to town collecting drug money to pass it up to the federal level. This was done in order to elect the “right person” into the political office, who will also elect local officials, of which the narrator’s Old Man wanted to be part of.
Relatively, the mentioned deviant behavior is not accepted elsewhere, even in Mexico, because every country has its set principles that are expected to be performed by its citizens. At some point, the discussed behavior becomes psychological when the narrator is told by his father to kill his enemy if he does not return from a trip. This sprung violent thoughts for the narrator as he began to visualize using a knife to stab people; something he had never done. The basis for intolerance is that a deviant act can be against the law, but one can also see the source for tolerance, which would be due to environmental misconducts. The custom officers in Mexico engaged in lawlessness. When the author, his father and his father’s boys got to the checkpoint, the officers were given hunks of money, which got them very excited. Even though the car the author and his father drove was stolen, the custom officers were more interest in satisfying their money-driven desire than enforcing the