Friendship In The Amigo Brothers By Piri Thomas

In the realistic fiction short story “the Amigo Brothers” by Piri Thomas, shows how two boys by the name of Antonio and Felix. These seventeen year-old boys are best friends and award winning boxers. As the story progressed conflict developed. The two amigo brothers soon discovered they had to fight each other to be the true “champion”. In the beginning of the story we can obviously see how strong Antonio and Felix’s friendship is.Antonio and Felix are both incredible boxers and have an amazing friendship. They have trained together for years and developed different fighting styles. Antonio has a lean form and has a long reach makes him the better fighter. While Felix has a short frame and a muscular build, thus also making him the better fighter. The Golden Gloves Championship Tournament is approaching, and both boys are trying to be in the competition. And in order to be qualified in the Golden Gloves, they must fight against each other to make it to the next stage. Whoever wins the battle will compete in the championship. …show more content…
The fight was coming closer and this was tearing the friendship apart day by day. Antonio and Felix both cared deeply about their friendship and did not want to fight against each other since they both knew this will cause a strain into the relationship. But on the other hand, both boys wanted to win fair and square and compete in the championship. They knew they could not avoid this, in the end they had to throw some punches to win the title of the champion. Both boys are unable to stop thinking about protecting the other because their relationship is so important to them. Here, Piri uses the boys to show the value of