“His gaze caught Arturo and tried to lock him into the masculine intimacy they often shared, an unspoken complicity between father and son”. What kind of relationship does Arturo share with his father? Does that relationship change? This moment takes place at the beginning of Genaro Gonzalez’s short story, “Too Much His Father’s Son.” Arturo is witnessing his parents argue over Arturo’s mother’s (Carmela) suspicion of her husband (Raul) being unfaithful. When Carmela asks Raul if it’s another woman he’s seeing, Raul looks away with no intent of answering, what he thinks to be an absurd question.
The setting in this story is at the diner, and then it moves along to the salesman’s car. At the diner the salesman bought the boy some food. The salesman then offers to give the boy a lift, because he feels sorry for the boy being all by himself. When the boy brought out the gun, the salesman wasn’t expecting that, he was really shocked and confused. I really liked how the author wrote out the character of the young boy.
This can be observed when Artie is driving with his wife and says: “Somehow, I wish I had been in Auschwite with my parents so I could really know what they lived through! I guess it’s some form of guilt about having had an easier life then they did.”(II, 16) Artie realizes himself that he feels guilty about the way his life seems easier than his parents as he was not part of the war. Furthermore, it is noted that Artie feels guilty when he states that he used to take a shower and was trying to image as if it was a gas shower (II, 16). This shows how guilt affected him and he was trying to find a way to feel like the Jews felt during the war. These examples show how guilt affects Artie for not have been living during the time of the
Holden was bored and wide awake in his hotel room in New York. Holden decided to go to the bar and hang out but in the elevator the worker offers him a prostitute, Holden decided that he should so he talked his way into something he did not really want. Even today these two things that Holden got into are unacceptable, a minor smoking and buying a prostitute. The reader knows that The Catcher in the Rye is for a younger but mature audience because of how Holden acts throughout this book. The reason for this thesis is because of how he acts and the decisions or situations could be taken the wrong way
Nick does not like New York, which is apparent when he says, “So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home” (176). Gatsby has everything except what he most desires, Daisy. He buys many things just to impress her and prove to her that he really is wealthy. He has a big car, a mansion, and lots of clothes. Nick comments on Gatsby’s car, "...and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hatboxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes...Sitting down behind many layers of glass in a sort of leather conservatory we started towards town" (68).
In this description the reader can deduce that Wilson has suspicions that his wife is up to something and the cold reality is setting in on him. With Wilson realizing this he must have been questioning whether he was a good husband or not, causing him to feel queasy with the notion that his wife is cheating on him. Because he found out, he knows he must get out before she leaves him, “I’ve been here too long. I want to get away. My wife and I want to go West” (123).
Rick agrees and hides them in Sam’s piano. Ferrari, a rival nightclub owner, comes in to try to by Rick’s club from him. Yvonne, Rick’s girl friend, comes in drunk wondering where Rick has been. Rick blows her off and sends her home. Rick joins Captain Louis Renault and discuss’ what Rick might have done in America.
I make this conclusion from where it says in the story all of the things that Jake wanted to add to his car to make it look better and possibly even change his entire life (page 45). Reading on we see after the wreck when he lies to Mariana about his profession, insurance, and address (page 46-47). He is lying not only to Mariana but himself when he gets back into the car and it says that “He took a moment or two to feel both proud and sad about his performance.” (Page 47). I say this because he possibly wanted a relationship with Mariana but could never have one because of the lies he had just told her. Also with Mariana when she tells Jake to call her (page 47).
Al became a part of a couple of different gangs growing up, such as the Bowery Boys and the Junior Forty Thieves. He then moved up to bigger city gangs like the Brooklyn Rippers and the Malicious Five Points Gang. It was during Capone’s time working for a bartender name Frankie Yale when he obtained the scars that gave him the nickname “Scarface”. Capone was slashed three times in the face by Frank Gallucio, for insulting his sister as he was working at the door of a Brooklyn night club, not knowing that in the near future Frank would, ironically, become the bodyguard of Mr. Al Capone. In 1927 Capone fled New York and moved to Chicago to reunite with his mentor Torrio, who saw many job opportunities such as bootlegging during the prohibition.
Also Jack has only just graduated high school: “Part of the reason I made it is that my folks pushed me.” He didn’t like going to high school, maybe because he was bullied by the girls in his school. That is why the relationship seems so fake; he does not know how a real relationship should be. This is also the reason of the title: “Lies.” It is only in his head, because he is lying to us. The fact that he is a projectionist could also describe how he is looking at movies all day and is dreaming away to the romantic movies where everything ends good and they always live happily ever after. He describes his relationship with Katy almost like a romantic Hollywood movie.