Why Is Chucha De Tu Madre? Que Bestia?
Chucha de tu madre! Que bestia!¨
Louis grumbled under his breath as he watched the men on red scooters visiting all the small shopkeepers. ¨Chulqueros! ¨ He spat into the gutter. ¨Todo el pueblo anda chiro; ¨ - meaning of course that everyone’s pockets held lint, or dust, or assorted garbage, but none of them held any money.
They can’t get credit cards, and banks won’t lend them the small amounts that they needed to keep their business running, so they look for one of the countless street shysters that sit drinking coffee at beachfront restaurants in the afternoons when the sun has mellowed. These merchant bankers are the survivors who fled the brutality of their own countries; and although they now wear fine leather shoes and silk …show more content…
He was grouchy and complaining because he knew something was wrong. He blamed it on a lot of things: the political immaturity of the people, the mental darkness of the majority, and the indolence of the upper classes, which kept everyone else in poverty and subjugation. Kept them like dogs; to serve, to fight, to hunt, and amuse them. Why is it that they are affable, generous, and courteous, to anyone that they consider their equals, but miserable to anyone that they can look down on. Is it that the worse a man treats his subordinates, the nearer he can bring them to slaves, the more he feels that he is a man? Perhaps it is just the fear of slipping back into the ghetto that they left behind. Asi es la vida: such is …show more content…
She was a shapely twenty- something year old blond that brought him a daily smile. Her father had made good money. He had probably worked in the refinery, but Felix didn’t know for sure. She went to private schools and led a pampered life until he had a heart attack and lost his job. He left to live with his brother while his wife and three kids stayed behind to fend for themselves. The phone and the electric were disconnected; and eventually they were evicted. She dropped out of college and started a home based business. Carolina was adept at using her charm to get work from various men. Eventually she supported her mother, grandmother, brother, his pregnant wife, and her retarded sister. They were constantly dodging landlords and changing apartments. Finally she decided that the best way to support her growing family was to become a married man’s mistress. It appeared to Felix that she had no
Louis grumbled under his breath as he watched the men on red scooters visiting all the small shopkeepers. ¨Chulqueros! ¨ He spat into the gutter. ¨Todo el pueblo anda chiro; ¨ - meaning of course that everyone’s pockets held lint, or dust, or assorted garbage, but none of them held any money.
They can’t get credit cards, and banks won’t lend them the small amounts that they needed to keep their business running, so they look for one of the countless street shysters that sit drinking coffee at beachfront restaurants in the afternoons when the sun has mellowed. These merchant bankers are the survivors who fled the brutality of their own countries; and although they now wear fine leather shoes and silk …show more content…
He was grouchy and complaining because he knew something was wrong. He blamed it on a lot of things: the political immaturity of the people, the mental darkness of the majority, and the indolence of the upper classes, which kept everyone else in poverty and subjugation. Kept them like dogs; to serve, to fight, to hunt, and amuse them. Why is it that they are affable, generous, and courteous, to anyone that they consider their equals, but miserable to anyone that they can look down on. Is it that the worse a man treats his subordinates, the nearer he can bring them to slaves, the more he feels that he is a man? Perhaps it is just the fear of slipping back into the ghetto that they left behind. Asi es la vida: such is …show more content…
She was a shapely twenty- something year old blond that brought him a daily smile. Her father had made good money. He had probably worked in the refinery, but Felix didn’t know for sure. She went to private schools and led a pampered life until he had a heart attack and lost his job. He left to live with his brother while his wife and three kids stayed behind to fend for themselves. The phone and the electric were disconnected; and eventually they were evicted. She dropped out of college and started a home based business. Carolina was adept at using her charm to get work from various men. Eventually she supported her mother, grandmother, brother, his pregnant wife, and her retarded sister. They were constantly dodging landlords and changing apartments. Finally she decided that the best way to support her growing family was to become a married man’s mistress. It appeared to Felix that she had no