Zoot Suit Sparknotes

Stephen Vivace

Dr. Rosetta Haynes

English 239

1 April 2016

Paper 3

The book Zoot Suit has multiple noteworthy examples throughout the play. The suit itself is a representation of fashion among the Chicano’s culture that was worn in a way that young people to express themselves with very little social or political voice. Originally the suit was as identified as a part of jazz and swing culture; unfortunately the suit became associated with the Chicano gangs. Besides the suit, the representative of the press played a huge portion of the Zoot Suit play. The press would write the articles in a way that the Suitor’s portrayed their image a criminal delinquents. Furthermore, almost every news article would be addressed with only using small selections from the actual story and investigation reports. That aside, El Pachuco himself represents Henry’s own reflection of the self-criticism and negative thoughts that the charter had to face during the play.

The suit can represent a simple fashion statement that was strong among the Chicano community. The suit transcended beyond just a fashion statement; it gave the youth at the time an opportunity to represent their political and social views. The Suitors made it a strong image of authority between the

Even directing the investigation into the riots had been finished, where the media would spin the articles by having outside commentators write them. As numerous writers jumped on the bandwagon to start writing articles about the case, a frustrating problem emerged. Almost every critic would tell every story the same in almost every article in small selection, even in notes, and investigative reports to write their story in Sleepy Lagoon event. The media wanted to represent the Zoot Suitors in a category of criminal delinquent, and be fueled by their media representation as