Into The Beautiful North Character Analysis

In the novel Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea, he uses many different tools to help tell this story. This novel is about a young Mexican woman who sets out to the United States to bring back men to save their village from the bandidos, and to find her father who set out looking for work years ago. He eventually just stopped writing or sending money. Urrea has a great understanding of each side of the border since he was born in Mexico to an American mother and Mexican father. At a young age he then moved to the United States. After looking further into Into the Beautiful North it is discovered that Urrea goes to great lengths to create this novel, with great character development, life lessons, and symbolization of each character. Urrea developed his characters very well and each one played an important role in the great journey to the United States. One strategy Urrea uses to develop each character well is making them very unique. They are not just your average characters that you would normally read about in …show more content…
He is always standing up for himself because the Mexican society does not agree with him being gay. Urrea helps get this point across when he says, “A man like Tacho had to learn to survive in Mexico, and he had learned to re-create himself in bright colors, large attitudes, thus becoming a cherished character” (Urrea 18). He is constantly fighting criticism, but he does not let it get to him. He is a symbol of self - worth. While Tacho and Nayeli are very unique, Urrea really keeps the novel entertaining with his character Atomiko. He is a symbol of hope, bravery, and adventure. He is always looking at the glass half full and keeping the other characters encouraged. Although he pesters her at times, he is more or less Nayeli’s right hand man. Urrea helps the reader understand how important he actually is when he says, “Nayeli was suddenly scared to face the border without the Warrior” (Urrea