Write An Essay On Ricky Annotated Mexico

In the novel A Fabricated Mexican, Ricky Coronado goes through various problems as he progresses through life. Like every person in the world Ricky deals with these problems as would any other person; however, Ricky seems to have something haunting him and it influences him and his decisions. These ghosts that haunt Ricky could be seen as the death of his father and the control his mother has over him. Ricky deals with these ghosts as he makes his life decisions while facing many internal struggles.

All through Ricky’s life, certain events always seem to lead to the struggles he has with his mother. The control she has over him causes him to almost loathe who he is. At a young age, Ricky’s mother forces him to try out for Little League, even though he would much rather be at home reading or playing with his dog. After tryouts Ricky reads

When Ricky was six years old his father committed suicide. Even though Ricky was just a boy Ricky continued to tell his friend Gerald that his father was going to come back. Ricky believed that God would bring his father back. When Ricky was forced to see a therapist he was asked about his depression. Ricky explains to the therapist that his father committed suicide because he found out he had cancer. When the therapist asked if Ricky gets depressed about his father Ricky says, “Sometimes I get really pissed off at him and think he was a big chicken. And other times I think you have to be brave to do something like that” (99). I think Ricky deals with the uncertainty of why his father killed himself and it has a big impact on his life. It wasn’t until Ricky decided that after all the years of self-abuse, through alcohol and drugs, he had to know what really happened to his dad. It wasn’t until he read the police report on this father’s death that he truly felt he had the whole story. This was the point where Ricky finally felt some peace about his father’s