Salvador Late Or Early Summary

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Although there are people that have harder lives than him, Salvador has a harder life than most, due to where he lives and the lack of time he has to spend with others, he has no friends. Sandra Cisneros, the writer of “Salvador Late or Early,” is a single sister with five brothers. She keys up strong feelings in her short stories about loneliness and distance. I believe Salvador, “Is a boy who is no one’s friend,”. He helps his mother with just about everything “Helps his mama, who is busy with the business of the baby,” for he is the older child in his family “Shakes the sleeping brothers awake.” A father is never mentioned in the story and Salvador takes the role of the man of the family. He is always working for his family by helping

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