Mexican Whiteboy Book Report

I chose to read Mexican WhiteBoy for a number of reasons. During the Christmas break, I wanted to begin reading a book, but I couldn’t choose one. I relied on other people’s recommendations to make a decision. I remembered Paola telling me that she enjoyed reading Mexican WhiteBoy when the class turned in the projects last semester. I asked her if she would recommend the book, and she told me great things about Mexican WhiteBoy. After the conversation, I quickly made the decision to choose it as my book. I chose my project because of how the baseball has such a strong impact on the characters’ lives. Some of the biggest struggles and rewards for the characters revolve around baseball. From the beginning of the book, I knew I wanted to do a project …show more content…
I wanted them to look they they were made for trading and were valuable cards. This book relates to the Chicano culture because the main character, Danny, is a Mexican American. Danny’s father’s side of the family is Mexican, and they live in a city that is primarily made up of Mexicans. Since Danny is only half Mexican, he feels sort of disconnected from the rest of his family. The book shows how the “typical” Chicano family would go about their daily lives and how even though Danny isn’t the typical Mexican American, he still belonged to the Chicano culture. To complete my project, I read through the book again. I chose ten valuable character and found key information that would help me write descriptions about them. I used the internet to see how baseball cards are formatted and the type of information that is put on them. I looked to see how other people making their own cards formatted them, and I looked back on many examples when creating the format for the baseball cards. Multiple times while reading the book, I had to look up translations for slang the characters were