Luis J. Rodriguez, "The Republicof East L.A."

Summary: Cruz Blancarte grows to realize that it is better for him not to try and fit in. He realizes that way he doesn't have to worry about what everyone thinks. He shows the reader that he can see life from all aspects and therefore tries to create his own life without doing bad to others.

Connection & What I Learned: From this reading I learned that it does not matter what people think about you and believe what they want. As long as you know who you are you can do what it is you want. I learned that people think you do certain things because of what you were born like when the truth is you could just honestly like that style. This writing was very descriptive and showed a lot of imagery and could easily be made into a movie. Since in movies you have to grab the readers attention you could tell his story.