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    an autobiography written by Luis J. Rodriguez. The setting takes place in California‚ for the most part takes place in east of Los Angeles‚ Watts a neighborhood that was designated "as one of the 10 poorest in the country." The protagonist in this autobiography is Luis he is also the narrator‚ and the antagonist in autobiography is the gang life. The autobiography basically covers the life of a boy who grows up to his teens named Luis. At the beginning Luis has a very unstable life because

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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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    In ALWAYS RUNNING‚ Luis J. Rodriguez offers a loosely organized but thoroughly wrenching account of his experience growing up in and around Watts and the Las Lomas barrio‚ just east of Los Angeles. Rodriguez‚ a poet and journalist who now resides in Chicago‚ was born in 1954 in El Paso‚ Texas. His parents‚ recent immigrants from Mexico‚ soon migrated to the Los Angeles area. There‚ Rodriguez experienced the indignities of poverty‚ prejudice‚ and nearly unchecked police brutality. Joining a gang and

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    Think about which version paints the most vivid picture for you. Prose Version: “Always Running” by Luis J. Rodriguez (Prose is ordinary written or spoken language‚ using sentences and paragraphs‚ without deliberate or regular meter or rhyme; not poetry‚ drama‚ or song.) Diction Imagery Syntax Inferences about the speaker based on VOICE Poetry Version: “‘Race’ Politics” by Luis J. Rodriguez Diction Imagery Syntax Inferences about the speaker based on VOICE Post Reading Which

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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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    made up of different races. In 2005 LA had 600 members that were white and only 11 gangs is from. But in LA there are 21‚790 members that are Hispanics and there are 264 gangs made up by Hispanics. The title of my main work is Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez is about the gang in La and he lives in a struggle environment‚ racism occurs in his lifetime. Despite the school board’s recent sentiments regarding the lack of value that fiction provides‚ fiction should remain in the school’s curriculum due

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    struggle with assimilating and having to change their identity in order to be a successful individual. For immigrants life in America is filled with obstacles‚ shame‚ and discrimination that limit their success in life. In “Always Running” Luis J. Rodriguez discusses his mother confrontation to discrimination and language barriers that kept her from standing up for herself. A american woman states‚ “Hey‚ get out of there that’s our seat.” My mother understood but didn’t know how to answer back in

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    Always Running

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    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 but with

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    This book written by Luis J. Rodriguez is a self biography about his life. In this book he writes about his young life as a gangbanger and how he ran away when he was young‚ just like his son did when he was young. He writes this to his son so that he won’t go the same way he did and end up like him. He also writes about all the bad things he did and what happens to his family‚ and how he does not want that to happen to his family‚ and also he hopes that this book would make young people turn away

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    Luis Rodriguez Poem

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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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