With His Pistol In His Hand Short Story

Reading the different stories and struggles of people from all different lifestyles gave a new perspective on what goes on in the lives of others. The three different stories told in literature and film all captivates audiences of being able to tell the truths that each of these people face. In Americo Parades’s With His Pistol in His Hand, Sandra Cisneros’s Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories, and Natalia Almada’s film, Al Otro Lado: To the Other Side, I saw the struggles of people and the challenges that each person faces in their lives.
While reading With His Pistol in His Hand, I saw the differences between the realities that people face as well as the similarities to me as well. I really like the Legend chapter in With His Pistol in His Hand because the legend, whether the legend is real or not, was about a man who was someone people could aspire to be like: A brave, worthy man who fought for others. We have legends as well, ones we praise and idolize
With His Pistol in His Hand gave the inspiration of legends and heroes has on the strength of the people who endure the harsh realities that legends do not face. Al Otro Lado: To the Other Side depicted the struggles of resisting illegal activities for the gains of money and getting a better. Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories reminded me of the childhood we have and how some of us do not have the same privilege of the same kind of childhood. Although, I do not know these people in the stories and film, I have been able to see the reality of the situations of people who live these lives. The hope is that if more people become educated about the lives that others live, that perhaps we all can do more to help each other instead of remaining divide among each