A Book I Read.

I'm still reading the book "Always Running" by Luis J. Rodriguez.

 

In the beginning of the story, it talks about the author which is the main character in the story is in the car with his two parents and his siblings. They were on the way to the Union train station in downtown L.A. They had all their few belongings stuffed into the truck and underneath their feet. His mom used to always argue with his father because his mom never wanted to leave Mexico. His dad didn’t curse or raise his voice; he just stated things the way things were.

“I’ll never go back to Mexico,” he said. “I’d rather starve here. You want to stay with me; it has to be in Los Angeles. Otherwise go.”

For months they had been pushed from one house to another; Just him, his mom and his brother and sisters. His mom and dad had split up prior to this. They stayed at the homes of women their mom called comadres, with a bunch of children of their own.

The author left Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, for Los Angeles when he was two years old.  His father was an educated man. In those day’s educated man had to be careful about thing like questioning authority.  His dad was principal. Being a principal is a powerful position in a place like Ciudad Juarez. His dad had received an offering for a six-month study program for foreign teachers in Bloomington, Indiana. He liked it so much, he renewed it three times. By the time his dad came back, his enemies had mapped out a means to remove him, since being a principal is a big position. He faced criminal charges including alleged stealing of food funds. For moths his father fought the charges.  After a trial his dad was found innocent. But he no longer had his position of principal. I thought that was messed up.