I love how the author takes care to show how the gang members are normal people like us with children, a family, and bills to pay. It makes it more understandable to me why they would illegally sell marijuana or other drugs. They are just doing their best to provide for their family, and selling weed is a pretty darn good paying job, even if it is really risky. The author shows us this by basically following through the daily routine of Connie and her family. For instance, she spoke of Connie packing up weed, and turning around to do the dishes and wash the laundary and then to write in her little diary about life and relationships. The author also makes the characters seem like real people when she described what the characters were wearing
