Always Running #6

Ok, now for a post that's a little more towards my book actually.

I thought that my book had been getting better (in the sense of not so bad for the characters lives, not the quality of the book), but I was wrong. In the last section that I read, many tragic things occurred. One of the worst, I think, is what happened to Luis' friend Sheila. When Sheila found out she was pregnant, (not with Luis, they were just friends), she asked Luis' advice on what to do. Luis thought that she should tell her parents, and even though she was scared about the idea, she took his advice.

"The next day, I asked around for Sheila. Nobody knew where she was at. I entered the Chicano Student Center.
'Hey Blanca, have yo7u heard from Sheila?'
'You mean you don't know?' Blanca said.
'What?'
'She told her father she's having a baby,' Blanca replied. 'He got so mad, he broke all her fingers.'" (page 199)

Another example of how bad life is for the characters in this book is in an intense scene with Luis. I had thought he was almost done with the gang life, but then he happens to do a drive-by shooting against another gang, and gets arrested. After a little time in jail, Luis finds a loophole in the system and gets off without too heavy of a charge. However, this is still bad, and just goes to show how once you start being involved in gangs, it's hard to get out.

I'm out. adios.