Why Did Yumior Lose Her Analysis
How to Lose her
“How much of life is Yumior willing to blame his childhood on?” There is a thin line between the blame Yumior should place on himself v. the fault that is to be given to his childhood. However, for Yumior the line does not exist, or at least he is utterly oblivious to its existence.
Yumior came from a home where his family just didn’t want to talk about “shit.” Please excuse the use of vulgar language, but Yumior’s family is a family opposed to addressing the elephant in the room. Every decision Yumior made was a result of sheltered-life, the unspoken conversations he had with himself, and the unanswered questions of inherited disadvantaged race in America.
Consider the ample occurrences Yumior watches his father cheat, only to come home to his mother-- a woman he’d come to not recognize here in America—only to be as much as a liar and a cheater as his father because of his omission of the truth. Honestly, seeing his father and his brother ought to be enough to influence him not partake in such demeaning behavior. Although being a cheater was something practically inherited at birth. Just like his coarse hair, Yumior hadn't known that what was growing from his scalp was amoral, wicked, even sinful, was something he’d grow …show more content…
It's not a great place to be but what can I tell you?” (89) Although Yumior’s relationship with Veronica better known as “Flaca” was abrupt, it is a perfect summation or a reflection of the what Yumior had seen his entire childhood through his brother; No strings attached, no overzealous form of affection other than sexual intercourse. However, their relationship is also a reflection of what he wanted his life in America to be…if he knew it or not, white. She was his outlet into the other world but also a smack in the face because she was a reminder of something he’d never attain. He’d never have her ultimately, and he’ll never get it (the American Dream)
“How much of life is Yumior willing to blame his childhood on?” There is a thin line between the blame Yumior should place on himself v. the fault that is to be given to his childhood. However, for Yumior the line does not exist, or at least he is utterly oblivious to its existence.
Yumior came from a home where his family just didn’t want to talk about “shit.” Please excuse the use of vulgar language, but Yumior’s family is a family opposed to addressing the elephant in the room. Every decision Yumior made was a result of sheltered-life, the unspoken conversations he had with himself, and the unanswered questions of inherited disadvantaged race in America.
Consider the ample occurrences Yumior watches his father cheat, only to come home to his mother-- a woman he’d come to not recognize here in America—only to be as much as a liar and a cheater as his father because of his omission of the truth. Honestly, seeing his father and his brother ought to be enough to influence him not partake in such demeaning behavior. Although being a cheater was something practically inherited at birth. Just like his coarse hair, Yumior hadn't known that what was growing from his scalp was amoral, wicked, even sinful, was something he’d grow …show more content…
It's not a great place to be but what can I tell you?” (89) Although Yumior’s relationship with Veronica better known as “Flaca” was abrupt, it is a perfect summation or a reflection of the what Yumior had seen his entire childhood through his brother; No strings attached, no overzealous form of affection other than sexual intercourse. However, their relationship is also a reflection of what he wanted his life in America to be…if he knew it or not, white. She was his outlet into the other world but also a smack in the face because she was a reminder of something he’d never attain. He’d never have her ultimately, and he’ll never get it (the American Dream)