Literary Analysis of Hollywood Dagoberto Gilb’s short story ‘’Hollywood!’’ is about a Hispanic family taking their first vacation to California during winter. Luis decides to take his family during the winter because motel price would be cheaper. Meanwhile, his wife, Marta, worries that her son, Ramon, will catch a cold while they are there at the beach which he does at the end. During their time on the beach, Luis teaches his son Ramon about the importance of hard work. Marta suggested they went to Disneyland insert, but Luis refuse due to him being cheap. Shortly after that, the family sees a commercial being filmed. Marta insists they see the commercial, but Luis feels uncomfortable around the actors. Luis then tries to buy a hotdog for
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Luis is a second generation Hispanic father who took his family to California in winter because the motels would be cheaper. Luis is also has traditional values. Luis values saving money. This is shown when he decides to go to California in winter when “the motels were said to be cheaper” (483). This is also shown when his wife suggested they go to Disneyland instead he refuse and for his excuse for not going to Disneyland was because he want his son to “learn the important things first.” (Gilb 483) and uses it as an excuse to save money. Another example of Luis being cheap is when, Luis refuses to buy a hot dog for Ramon even he already promise he would ‘You already told him you would’ (Gilb 484). Luis also values and believes in hard work. This is shown when he picks up his son, Ramon, to see the ocean and talks about the boats and the seagulls and try to explain to his ‘The only important thing in life is hard work.’ (Gilb 483). Luis also as a hard time accepting non tradition values. For example, when Luis and his family were watching the commercial being filmed “he didn’t like standing near the shirtless blond longhairs” (Gilb 484) which made Luis feel uncomfortable, and Luis thinks that blondes “didn’t do anything more than smoke marijuana and drink beer” (Gilb 484) which goes against his value of hard …show more content…
society. Luis being a very traditional man he is as a hard time accepting non-traditional values. This is shown when during the commercial shot when Luis makes a cynically remarked about the actors being all blonds, and thought they “didn’t do didn’t do anything more than smoke marijuana and drink beer” (Gilb 484). Another example of man vs. society when a teenage couple to the beach with a portable stereo and started to “felt each other” (Gilb 483) which made Luis feel uncomfortable and ask them to leave. This is also shown towards the end of the short story, when Luis and Marta try to put Ramon to sleep. Luis tries to put Ramon to sleep by telling him stories, but ultimately fails. Marta manages to put Ramon by trying to sing the jingle of a root beer commercial which Ramon sings the first few words of the jingle. Which then, Marta hums the rest of jingle to Ramon making him asleep while taunting Luis who was “happy to lose the battle” (Gilb
Luis is a second generation Hispanic father who took his family to California in winter because the motels would be cheaper. Luis is also has traditional values. Luis values saving money. This is shown when he decides to go to California in winter when “the motels were said to be cheaper” (483). This is also shown when his wife suggested they go to Disneyland instead he refuse and for his excuse for not going to Disneyland was because he want his son to “learn the important things first.” (Gilb 483) and uses it as an excuse to save money. Another example of Luis being cheap is when, Luis refuses to buy a hot dog for Ramon even he already promise he would ‘You already told him you would’ (Gilb 484). Luis also values and believes in hard work. This is shown when he picks up his son, Ramon, to see the ocean and talks about the boats and the seagulls and try to explain to his ‘The only important thing in life is hard work.’ (Gilb 483). Luis also as a hard time accepting non tradition values. For example, when Luis and his family were watching the commercial being filmed “he didn’t like standing near the shirtless blond longhairs” (Gilb 484) which made Luis feel uncomfortable, and Luis thinks that blondes “didn’t do anything more than smoke marijuana and drink beer” (Gilb 484) which goes against his value of hard …show more content…
society. Luis being a very traditional man he is as a hard time accepting non-traditional values. This is shown when during the commercial shot when Luis makes a cynically remarked about the actors being all blonds, and thought they “didn’t do didn’t do anything more than smoke marijuana and drink beer” (Gilb 484). Another example of man vs. society when a teenage couple to the beach with a portable stereo and started to “felt each other” (Gilb 483) which made Luis feel uncomfortable and ask them to leave. This is also shown towards the end of the short story, when Luis and Marta try to put Ramon to sleep. Luis tries to put Ramon to sleep by telling him stories, but ultimately fails. Marta manages to put Ramon by trying to sing the jingle of a root beer commercial which Ramon sings the first few words of the jingle. Which then, Marta hums the rest of jingle to Ramon making him asleep while taunting Luis who was “happy to lose the battle” (Gilb