Can Carlos Man's Struggle To Be A Man

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“A young boy who virtually loses everything before discovering who he really is’’ Carlos wants to be a man,but Mama tells him “Not Yet”.Carlos has to be responsible, respectful, and most important Carlos has to helpful, so Carlos can be a man and protect his village.Carlos is trying to protect his village from the army.Mama tells Carlos to go to his Abuela’s house,during his journey,Carlos has to make decisions so he can defeat the government/army. If Carlos wants to be a man,Carlos chooses to be what a man needs to be,which in this case is to do chores and listen to his friends and family, especially Carlos mother(Mama). Whenever Mama tells Carlos what he needs to do,Carlos does it.Even though Carlos doesn’t think that doing easy …show more content…

After the helicopter left Carlos had to make a decision,which he can either go back to the village and find Mama and see what happened to the village, or Carlos can move on with the guerillas to warn the villagers up the mountain and also warn Abuela. Carlos chooses to go back to the village where there is still some soldiers from the government/army.When Carlos sees what happened to the village he immediately loses his mind,he’s so outrage that Carlos pick up a gun,he wants to kill one the soldiers,but he instantly puts it down because he starts to think of what Mama taught him.Carlos observes all the smoke coming out of people’s houses,villagers on the ground dead,baby’s crying for their mothers. When the civil war ended, the government/army left.The village is a complete disaster.Carlos and his friends and family tells Carlos that he

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