Summary:
After not returning home for two days, Manny's mom decides to go out to look for his dad. The first place she looks is the pool hall where Manny's dad hung out a lot. There she found him and dragged him out. Later, upon his dads return to the house he began to shout and call out for Manny's mom. Then it got really scary when his dad began to look for his riffle. While he was shouting he woke up Manny's sister, Pedi, who he used to help him look for his bullets. After Pedi gave him the bullets he began to fire at what seemed to be Manny's mom. Then, Manny's mom caught a break when the cops arrived with a report that a man was shooting a his wife. His dad tried to deny it and so did his mom but the officers found the riffle and took his dad to jail. After some time in jail Manny's dad got out and upon his return to the house drove the kids down to grandmas house to clean up her garden. A few months after their cleanup of grandmas garden she died.
Quote:
"Then her face became more alert, and she turned to the officer leading Dad out of the door. 'Take him,' she said, softly at first, then with decided anger. 'Go ahead, take him!'" (Martinez, 67)
I think that this quote is a pretty good example of how hard it is growing up in this environment for a kid like Manny. I cant imagine how hard it must be to see your own drunk father trying to shoot your mother and then to see him get arrested and taken to jail by the police.
Reaction:
After reading this section I find it hard to believe that this family has made it this far because as far as I'm concerned this is not the first time a thing like this happens. what is amazing to me is how Manny has managed to deal with all these situations.
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