The main character Luis, is still talking about
his family's past. He says that his older sister Seni was his father’s daughter
from one of his earlier relationships. Seni's mom died giving birth to her.
Luis's father was handsome and athletic as a young man. Luis's grandpa was a
general in the Mexican army, once disowned him when dad fell for a women and
neglected his studies in medical school to be with the women who would become
Seni's mother.
Its talks about how his brother would treat him
bad. At school they placed his brother in classes with retarded children
because he didn’t speak much English. They even held him back a year in the
second grade. Then his brother took his rage out on Luis. Luis’s mom would
force Luis into playing with his brother. One day they were both playing on the
rooftop of their house. His brother told them to come here because he wanted to
show him something. When Luis got close, his brother pushed him of the roof and
Luis struck the ground with a loud thump and lost his breathe, laying deathly
still in suffocating agony, until he slowly gained it back. Another time Luis’s
brother made him the Indian to his cowboy, tossed a rope around Luis’s neck and
pulled him around the yard. He stopped barely before it choked the life out of
Luis. Luis had rope burns for weeks.
I think that it sad how Luis’s own brother treats
him like that. I don’t see why Luis’s brother takes out his rage out on Luis
about being held back a grade. It’s not Luis’s fault that his brother didn’t
know much English. The way his brother treats him is not safe or right in my
opinion. When his brother pushed Luis off the roof, Luis could’ve got hurt
really bad.
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