In the short stories, “The Barrio” by Robert Ramirez and “Once Upon a Time” by Nadine Gordimer, there are two different environments or neighborhoods. In the “The Barrio”, the neighborhood is a more unified, friendly place. While “Once Upon a Time” describes a neighborhood where the people are more reserved, and tense. Both articles have an image of time, different attitudes in characters, and word choice that implies the positions of the people. Although both places have problems the reactions are different. The Barrio begins with a detailed description of the setting. Ramirez uses vivid language to make the scene alive and creates a setting. Ramirez describe the place as being surrounded by change, yet the neighborhood fails to change.
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The setting of the stories are different. “The Barrio” is living in the past and staying with there, even though the world around them is changing. For “Once Upon a Time”, the couple is always trying to find new, better, improved ways of security. In his article “The Barrio” Robert Ramirez explains the thoughts of the characters, “The stoical pariahs of the barrio accept their fate, and from the angry seeds of rejection grow the flowers of closeness between outcasts, not the thorns of bitterness and the mad desire to flee”. Ramirez characterizes the people into a position where they know that there is nothing more they can do. The people take the negative situations they are in and create a positive outcome. The people become closer and find comfort in things like, the tortilleria, panaderia, the small grocery store, and the pool hall. “Once Upon a Time” also as a negative situation. The couple from the story in the story are trying to protect themselves from the riots. To prevent themselves from getting hurt. The couple finds comfort by placing barbed wire around their houses. After placing the barbed wire there son gets caught and dies. Both stories are resolved by finding comfort. The people from “The Barrio” accepted their fate and lived their lives happily, but the couple from “Once Upon a Time” did not. The couple tried to prevent the outcome and stopped living there lives
The setting of the stories are different. “The Barrio” is living in the past and staying with there, even though the world around them is changing. For “Once Upon a Time”, the couple is always trying to find new, better, improved ways of security. In his article “The Barrio” Robert Ramirez explains the thoughts of the characters, “The stoical pariahs of the barrio accept their fate, and from the angry seeds of rejection grow the flowers of closeness between outcasts, not the thorns of bitterness and the mad desire to flee”. Ramirez characterizes the people into a position where they know that there is nothing more they can do. The people take the negative situations they are in and create a positive outcome. The people become closer and find comfort in things like, the tortilleria, panaderia, the small grocery store, and the pool hall. “Once Upon a Time” also as a negative situation. The couple from the story in the story are trying to protect themselves from the riots. To prevent themselves from getting hurt. The couple finds comfort by placing barbed wire around their houses. After placing the barbed wire there son gets caught and dies. Both stories are resolved by finding comfort. The people from “The Barrio” accepted their fate and lived their lives happily, but the couple from “Once Upon a Time” did not. The couple tried to prevent the outcome and stopped living there lives