Summary Of 'Barrio Boy'

The second, main idea or central idea of "Barrio Boy" is that confidence and success come from love and support from people around you. First, Miss Hopley and her helpers are warmly teaching students to accept and understand people from different places and they're burning away the racism they might hear outside of school. For example, paragraph 16 states, "The school was not so much a melting pot as a griddle where Miss Hopley and her helpers warmed knowledge into us and roasted racial hatreds out of us." Second of all, Miss Ryan was there for the students when Miss Ryan made them speak in front of the class. For example, paragraph 14 states, "It was not only that we sensed she was with it, but also that she was with us. In conclusion,