Essays Tagged: "luis rodriguez"

Always Running Book Review

Always Running By Luis Rodriguez Published by Simon & Schust ... at still stand today. Few survived "la vida loca" which is still an idea amongst youth today. Luis Rodriguez in his autobiography describes gang life, drug abuse, plight of Latinos as well as Bl ... g Literary Award, a Chicago Sun-Times Book Award, and was designated a New York Times Notable Book. Luis has also written much more poetry and novels like, It Doesn't Have to Be This Way: A Barrio Sto ...

(5 pages) 13 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Always Running

times once in a gang you are in it for life, the only way out is death. The experiences and choices Luis J. Rodriguez made proved that statement wrong. He shows that you cannot live life trying to run ... e proved that statement wrong. He shows that you cannot live life trying to run. By the time Luis Rodriguez was two years old his family left Mexico to live in Los Angeles. Like most people the ...

(2 pages) 10 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Always Running

ch people, revenge is a first resort. With this population betrayal is common. In Always Running by Luis Rodriguez, gang members define justice as vigilantism. Some people have hatred towards o ... others and hold it for an extended time. In Always Running, Chava plans for many years to go after Luis because of a grudge. Chava got stabbed several times by a gang called Lomas and because of this ...

(2 pages) 18 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare