Always Running #1

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For outside reading this unit, I am reading Always Running: La Vida Loca:Gang Days in L.A. by Luis J. Rodriguez. Ironically, I finished this book the day before I found out that we are supposed to do updates on the BLOGS for our books while reading. However, I did enjoy this book very much, and so I have decided to simply read it again for the project. : )

Right now in the story, Luis is telling the dark tale of his youngest childhood and introducing his family and their rough lifestyle. Always in utter poverty, Luis and his family almost never have enough to eat, they are constantly moving and are always too crowded in the small houses. Also, racial hatred against Mexican-Americans such as Luis and his family is nearly overwhelming.

Rodriguez also goes into sections that both help set the scene for the book, but also foreshadow future events in the book. "We were constant prey, and the hunters soon became big blurs: the plice, the gangs, the junkies, the dudes on Garvey Boulevard who took our money, all smudged into one. Sometimes they were teachers who jumped on us Mexicans as if we were born with a hideous stain. " (page 36).