Have you ever encounter any basic question in such as who should you be or how should you live? Perhaps this come from a good fictional novel that makes us think like this. In the story‚ “ Always Running” by Luis Rodriguez ‚ In Los Angeles‚ during the outbreak of gang violence‚ luis‚ an immigrant from mexico‚ having a rough start in life which make him join hardcore gangs. In a way we can evaluate why people are in gangs and why they do it just by reading a book or actually interview a person
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In the memoir‚ Always Running‚ by Luis Rodriguez‚ Luis had power over himself to make choices. Some of the choices he’s made by himself are getting in a gang‚ standing up for his beliefs‚ and changing his life around to get out of bad situations. Luis had an older brother who never got involved in gangs and steered clear of trouble‚ unlike Luis who left school several times. In the book‚ the Lomas boys meet up to fight against their rival‚ Sangra‚ because they think Sangra was guilty for the death
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An autobiography about gang days in LA. Rodriguez explains his horrible life as a gangmember in the latino slums of Los Angeles. The first chapter deals with his uprigning. His brother Hosé‚ later known as Joe‚ does not speak english and is thought by the teachers not to admid to anything. Chapter 2 - Luis grows up always running from police or gangs. His best friend Tino dies after he and Luis are chased at night by the police for trespassing on the school to play basketball. He joins a club‚ the
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largest proportion of homicide victims was Latino‚ followed by 28.4% black and 21.3% white. Mostly 29% of homicides were gang-related therefore many people throughout the entire world had to deal with violence. The title of the book is Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez. This book is about the author and how he was raised in Los Angeles following a harsh gang life. Despite the school board’s recent sentiment regarding the lack of value that fiction provides‚ fiction should remain in the schools curriculum
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Matthew Wong P. 6 12/1/14 Luis Javier Rodriguez: “You ‘Will Never Believe it” Luis Javier Rodriguez is a well-known American poet‚ novelist‚ memoirist‚ journalist‚ critic‚ columnist; his work also includes short story writing and children’s books‚ but before his writing career‚ he was an active gang member during the 1960’s and 1970’s. Born in the United States-Mexico border city of El Paso‚ Texas‚ Luis grew up with diligent and honorable parents. Luis’ father was a high school principal‚ while making
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Always Running “There are choices you have to make not just once”- Luis J. Rodriguez In 1993‚ Luis Rodriguez wrote an autobiographical book Always Running. Within months the Book Banning made Always Running their number one target calling it ungodly‚ antifamily‚ radical‚ and harmful. Rockford school district member‚ Ed Sharp‚ went to the extent of stating‚ “I challenge anyone who knows how the mind works‚ after reading this book‚ not to be more likely to assume the lifestyle of a gang person
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Always Running In the novel “Always Running”‚ by Luis R. Rodriguez‚ the author is the main character. He explains his life story to show others how he overcame many challenges that brought him down. Over all‚ the author achieves his purpose to reach out to his audience on an emotional level. I think he does a great job in emotionally touching his audience. The novel begins with Rodriguez dedication his story to all adolescents that were once in his place. Rodriguez finds himself lost at one point
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Minorities are subjugated daily and the government allows it to continue. Louis J. Rodriguez can attest to the persecution of immigrants in his book‚ “Always Running.” He claims that society treats Mexican immigrants as their “scapegoat” and condemns any and all actions they may take in order to present them as a different group entirely‚ the “enemy” (Rodriguez 250). Making the immigrants the enemy makes it easier to marginalize and criminalize the minority. That is why
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Non-Fiction Novel Summery I read the novel Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez‚ a non- fiction novel about Rodriguez’s life as a child when he crosses the border of Mexico at the age of two with his family. As Rodriguez took me on a rollercoaster through his life‚ I experienced many upsetting emotions even to me such as; disgust as he describes the police‚ fear during gang wars‚ pride when he makes a difference in his community and sadness when he loses some of the people he loved. I think
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Karina Gonzalez Instructor Shakespeare HUMANS 205 June 6 2013 Author Luis J. Rodriguez was born in the US/Mexico border in 1954‚ at the age of 2 his family moved to Los Angeles California‚ around the age of 8 they moved to San Gabriel Valley. One of his first documentaries is the Book called “Always Running La Vida Loca: Gang days in L.A”. The book narrows the struggles of the author during his childhood and adolescences in the active life of a gang member and of Chicano race. The author’s
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