A Mexican White Boy

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A Mexican White Boy In the book A Mexican White Boy by Matt de la Pena the main character Danny, a very introverted and almost neurotic character is faced with many obstacles he needs to overcome. One of which is his abandonment issues, which I believe is also the root at which his other developing issues have stemmed from. The true root witch all of Danny other problems came from is the fact his dad left him as a child. Another issue that Danny suffers from is his lack of capability to place his trust in others. This causes Danny to shelter his emotions from the world, and that leads to the next problem. The next problem is that Danny’s bundles up all of his emotions so that it does not allow him to make any friends. This will hurt him in the long run because, if you don’t have anyone to share your emotions with you will live with them stuck inside your head forever. Danny must get rid of all his “ weeds”(issues) by taking them out from the source-- the root....his dad. I believe that Danny suffers from a depression related illness because in the book on the first couple pages the text reads “Behind his back he grips his left wrist digs his finger nails into his skin until a sharp pain floods his mind, makes him feel real.” This quote shows how he isolates himself which leaves him unable to feel any emotions. But in order to feel real he needs to feel emotions. The only emotion he is willing to feel is pain so he inflicts it onto himself. The greatest emotion he’s ever felt in his life time is the throbbing pain he felt when his father left him. He conceals his emotions so that he never has to feel such a vivid image of pain again. He finds comfort in the pain he extracts from cutting himself because he is in control of the pain. He can control how much pain, how long it will last, when it will start and when it will end. Overall, what I think this really

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