Gary Soto 4 Memoirs

The authors of the four memoirs overcame their childhood obstacles by having support and help from family. Gary Soto had support and help from his family when he tries to find a job. Laurence Yep had support and help from his family when Laurence thought he was a disappointment. Barack Obama had support and help from his family when he had no friends. Julia Alvarez had support and help from her family when she had to leave her home. The author memoirs describe overcoming obstacles to teach readers that family is there for support and help.
Gary Soto’s family supports and helps him when he had trouble enjoying his job. For example in the text it stated, “Like this… Leave one plant and cut four- and cut them.” Gary Soto’s family supported him by showing him how to cut cotton when Gary was interested in working in the cotton fields. Another example is when Gary was going to quit working at the grape fields. In the text it said, “I picked grapes until I was fifteen before giving up and saying I’d rather wear old clothes than stoop like a Mexican.” Gary Soto would rather be …show more content…
In the text it states, “ the ruddy faced boy who asked about cannibalism said, ‘You’re dad is pretty cool.’” This shows that when Obama’s father came for his presentation, Obama’s classmates were accepting him and his heritage. Another example in the text the teacher says, “You’ve got a pretty impressive father.” This illustrates that even Obama’s teacher has much fond for Obama and his father. Also Obama is receiving many compliments which makes him fit in more. Another example from the text is when Obama’s father was finished with his presentation and Obama said, “All my classmates applauded heartily.” This demonstrates that now because of Obama’s father, Obama feels that he is apart if a large group. Therefore Obama feels accepted by his peers because his father supported and helped