Barrio Boy Character Analysis

Isn’t starting a new path in your life kind of like having a second life? In Barrio Boy, Ernesto moved to his first american school just to help himself by getting a better education in the future. Annie Johnson on the other hand started a new path and helped raise her family by being her own boss. Finally, Monica helps by having more responsibilities when a new member comes home. All of these together is a way how they undertook missions, they either want to have a better future with a new life or they want to help others or themselves. Ernesto Galarza, Annie Johnson, and Monica all showed us how to have a better life. They are all different examples but in a way, they are all the same. “Each of us has the right and the responsibility to asses the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have traveled, and if the future road looms ominous or unpromising, and the roads back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction. If the new choice is also unpalatable, without embarrassment, we must be ready to change that as well.”

According to the text “It was a new building, painted yellow, with a shingled roof that was not like the red tile of the school in Mazatlan.” This shows us how he moved and went to Lincoln School, it’s a way how he helped himself to get a better future in his education. “...I received private lessons from Miss Ryan in the closet…” according to the text. The text shows how he got private lessons, and he wanted to get better himself. As well as Ernesto, Annie Johnson also started a new