Monin And Pablo Character Analysis

“Opposites attract” can summarize the relationship of Monin and Pablo. You would have never known they have been in a relationship with each other for fourteen years, along with seven kids. The only thing they have in common is that they’re both Puerto Rican! There has been a very unhealthy cycle going on as well. They start off content with each other and their life, then they have a severe argument, Pablo leaves for several days, and then returns. This cycle seems to be ever-ending. The incompatibility between them has broken the unity of their family. The differences between Monin and Pablo are evident, and they should be discussed. So, the differences between Monin and Pablo are their parenting styles, reliability, and loyalty.
Their complete opposite parenting styles tore their family apart. From the very beginning of the novel, Monin was depicted as “evil” because she was strict on her children. She only did this because she focused on shaping all of her children to be well-rounded adults. This included anything from talking back with attitude to not obeying her. Pablo was the contrary… even though he was Puerto Rican, he was the stereotypical American …show more content…
Monin is consistently there for her children. If anything happens to them, she is the first person there. She might not express it as affectionately as she should, but the important thing is that she is very reliable. For example, as soon as Raymond hurt his foot on the bike, Monin was looking for the best doctors in Puerto Rico. And when they said they would have to “amputate” Raymond’s foot, she refused and took him to an excellent doctor in New York. On the other hand, Pablo was not as reliable. This is mainly because he was almost never there. After one of the more serious arguments with Monin he wouldn’t come back home for days, and when he did get back, he wasn’t as involved in his children’s lives as much as he was