In the beginning of the story, I had no idea where Rodriguez was going with his story. When the authors dad said “I wouldn’t give you a dime for Mexico”, I thought that what he meant was that he would never trade anything to go back to Mexico. However, after reading through the entire essay, I understood what the purpose of his story is; Joe Rodriguez used a personal experience in Mexico to help illustrate the corruption going on in that nation. What His dad meant was that Mexico is worth so much more than corruption. People will go to great lengths just to earn an extra dime, but it’s not even worth the “gain”. I have never experienced anything like this personally, nor have I heard any stories of anything similar happening here in the
