In the story, "Uncle Rock" by Dagoberto Gilb, we see a young boy named Erick and his mother that immigrated from Mexico. While his mother is trying to find a man who is wealthy, and who can provide for her and her son, she exposes Erick to a lot of different men. Unwilling to get to know any of his mother’s dates, Erick is quiet and doesn't talk to any of the men, seeing right through them. After thinking multiple times that his mom has found the father he so desperately wants, Roque enters and Erick has mixed feeling towards him. In an attempt to bring them closer, Roque takes Erick and his mother to a Dodger's game. While at a baseball game, Erick notices that Roque is genuine and loves his mom unconditionally, with this realization he finds his voice and joins the story as a full participant, not the silent narrator he had been the whole time. Bringing so many men into Erick’s life seems to cause him to close up and not speak to any man that approaches his mother.
Erick is the only child of a single mom whom we see is young, pretty, and on her own in America. Erick is …show more content…
With one man after another, Erick gets to enjoy the perks each one brings. Even with the perks he is silent and withdrawn, clearly showing his displeasure with his mother's continual pursuit of wealthy men. We see this as he is sitting at the table with the engineer's family and his mother tries to get him to talk. She wants him to show he can speak English but he “..was silent, chewing quietly, taking the smallest bites, because he didn't want them to think he liked their food.” He is forced to go along with his mother and her pursuit of wealthy men but he won't play the part she wants him to play. He won't talk and he won't give them any satisfaction even the smallest of
Erick is the only child of a single mom whom we see is young, pretty, and on her own in America. Erick is …show more content…
With one man after another, Erick gets to enjoy the perks each one brings. Even with the perks he is silent and withdrawn, clearly showing his displeasure with his mother's continual pursuit of wealthy men. We see this as he is sitting at the table with the engineer's family and his mother tries to get him to talk. She wants him to show he can speak English but he “..was silent, chewing quietly, taking the smallest bites, because he didn't want them to think he liked their food.” He is forced to go along with his mother and her pursuit of wealthy men but he won't play the part she wants him to play. He won't talk and he won't give them any satisfaction even the smallest of