Reading Analysis of Short Story "Aguantando"
Reading Response:
Aguantando
The story of Aguantando talks about what Yunior and his family went through while his father was in the U.S for 9 years. They are poor; living in a house that leaks and they eat very poorly due to the little money the mother makes working in a chocolate factory. Yunior seems to only know what his father looks like because of the old photographs his mother has. Yunior tells the story with the point of view of a young boy.
Yunior’s mother is a hardworking woman, she works in a chocolate factory in order to get money. Their grandfather used to work but now he can’t due to his very old age. The mom made so little money that both Yunior and Rafa only had one pencil for school. Losing that only pencil each had meant going on without one for a while. Each time Yunior’s mother ran out of money she went on to sent her kids with relatives, each one to Boca Chica or Ocoa.
One can sense Yunior’s mother is a strong woman. Yunior lets us know she is a skinny woman with long hair, yet she has scars from a bomb attack but cannot be seen when she wears clothes. His mother manages to keep them alive and at least under a roof until his father comes back from New York. Yunior tells the reader that he appreciates what his mother does for them.
Yunior’s father said he would come to the Dominican Republic multiple times and each time he was not there. Yunior’s mother after a while started not believing and became more disappointed and by what I see depressed. Rafa knew that each time his father was “coming back” was a lie, that he would not appear, that is why he was not disappointed anymore.
Rafa believed his father would come back at night, when no one noticed. He told Yunior that they would wake up and he would be there. Rafa did have a memory of their father, he remembered him, and he wasn’t as young as Yunior when he left. Rafa was prepared for his dad to either come back or to never see him again.
Rafa was more of a father figure for Yunior,
Aguantando
The story of Aguantando talks about what Yunior and his family went through while his father was in the U.S for 9 years. They are poor; living in a house that leaks and they eat very poorly due to the little money the mother makes working in a chocolate factory. Yunior seems to only know what his father looks like because of the old photographs his mother has. Yunior tells the story with the point of view of a young boy.
Yunior’s mother is a hardworking woman, she works in a chocolate factory in order to get money. Their grandfather used to work but now he can’t due to his very old age. The mom made so little money that both Yunior and Rafa only had one pencil for school. Losing that only pencil each had meant going on without one for a while. Each time Yunior’s mother ran out of money she went on to sent her kids with relatives, each one to Boca Chica or Ocoa.
One can sense Yunior’s mother is a strong woman. Yunior lets us know she is a skinny woman with long hair, yet she has scars from a bomb attack but cannot be seen when she wears clothes. His mother manages to keep them alive and at least under a roof until his father comes back from New York. Yunior tells the reader that he appreciates what his mother does for them.
Yunior’s father said he would come to the Dominican Republic multiple times and each time he was not there. Yunior’s mother after a while started not believing and became more disappointed and by what I see depressed. Rafa knew that each time his father was “coming back” was a lie, that he would not appear, that is why he was not disappointed anymore.
Rafa believed his father would come back at night, when no one noticed. He told Yunior that they would wake up and he would be there. Rafa did have a memory of their father, he remembered him, and he wasn’t as young as Yunior when he left. Rafa was prepared for his dad to either come back or to never see him again.
Rafa was more of a father figure for Yunior,