Always Running Rodriguez Quotes

Rodriguez starts off by discussing the struggles he faced growing up as a bilingual Hispanic in an American society, it was quite a roughhouse due

Also to always take the opportunity to make your life happy. The reason why I say this is because the way that Luis never had motivation in himself to go back to school because he had a feeling that he was going to get into fights. For example Luis says, “Nobody supported me; my family thought I had gone crazy. They thought, you crazy gangster, you crazy drug addict, now you want to be a writer? That's it! They totally gave up on me after that”(Rodriguez). This quote shows how Luis wasn’t able to get the support from his parents. When he was in high school he was afraid of failing by himself, but in reality he was able to become as an activist and motivational person that made him change his life by becoming as a better person. Also by making a good decision by leaving his gang and by choosing the right path by going to

Luis Rodriguez is a very well known writer and was the 2014 Los Angeles Poet Laureate. One of his most famous works is Always Running. This memoir describes the event in which Rodriguez was confronted by white boys when he went to “their” side of the tracks and were eventually beat up because they were Latino (a.k.a discrimination). Here he describes how he was going to do something innocent, like by some “good” groceries for his mom on the other sides of the track with his brother. Though they are then discriminated by white boys because they are on “their” side of the tracks. We get a descriptive point of view from the author of his feeling towards the event. Though, he uses more than clever wording.

     It’s sad to think that one could put so much focus on education, and not see the importance of family and heritage. These two things are what make us who we are, and despite what we go through, they will remain unchanged (in most cases). Rodriguez learns this lesson first hand when he realizes the error in his

Grillo faced many things throughout his life to become the person he is now. Either good or bad all the changes he went through made a big impact in his life. Within the novel Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez, the main character Grillo changes throughout the story when he uses drugs, friends influence him and family problems are encountered.

In Luis J. Rodriguez’s novel, Always Running, there were many scenarios when Grillo’s character changes throughout the story. These changes include joining a gang, dropping out of high school and drug use. He hit rock bottom in his life by surrounding himself with the wrong people, causing traumatic situations to now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

One of of Grillos first violents acts was with Tino. So Tino and Grillo were at the park and they were trying to play ball , the park was closed but they hopped the fence either way . Grillo helped Tino jump over fence and then Grillo hopped it after to go play ball.To me this is where he started with his intentions of violents acts, I mean trespassing after hours when your not suppose too, but what can you expect of you’re surrounded by violence and gangs. There's a quote in the book that says “If you ain't from no barrio

In Grillo's early childhood, he faced many financial problems which impacted him to change and join a gang for financial gain. His parents were constantly working, his mother clean houses and his father was a janitor. They would remain without electricity, one day they decide to go out to eat and Grillo refused to go inside the restaurant. His mother begged him, “No I don't want to go inside, I yelled. And why not? My mother demanded, por el amor de dios aren't you hungry? I pointed a finger to a sign on the door. It read, Come In, Cold Inside”. This quote shows how Grillo to feel weak and in turn prompted him to change and turn to gang activity to make money.

Grillo felt the need to turn to gangs and his whole life changed. For example , “ It was something to belong to - something that was ours”

Can you imagine having to join a brutal gang for your own safety? That's exactly what Luis Rodriguez had to do. In Always Running Luis shares how his life changed when he had to join a gang for his safety and demonstrates how all the drugs and violence affected both him and his loved ones. In this memoir, Rodriguez shows how his identity and life was affected by the brutal environment of gangs by giving us a peek into the mind of a teenage gang member.

In the story Always Running, the main character Grillo changes throughout the story mentally and physically by abusing drugs, joining gangs and his thoughts on education. In the beginning of the story Grillo is just a normal mischievous kid with typical family problems until he gets affiliated with dangerous drugs and changes drastically. One change Grillo Grillo makes in his life is to abuse drugs, he was first introduced to them at age 13.

Within chapter four a reader can see justification for why the novel is titled Always Running. Within the chapter Grillo goes through a difficult time in which we see him try to run away from his problems by attempting to commit suicide. Grillo states that he felt like he was in combat with himself. For example this quote from the books explains how he felt and what was going through his head “Against a dark side, poised for destruction, with death about to tap my shoulder. I tried to commit suicide”(pg.81). Within that night Grillo attempted

The character Luis in the book Catch the Moon changed in many ways when his mom died. One way that he changed was when he started doing dares and went to juvenile detention. This changed Luis because he thought the only way he could get over his mom’s death was by creating a gang. For example, the author states how Luis is escaping from his mother’s death, “Luis thought

membership into a cartel. The final thing I learned from El Narco is how the drug legalization

During the pinnacle of his bittersweet life, Rodriguez eventually realized that he had sacrificed one of the biggest things in life to do what is best for himself, his family. Being from a different