Underestimated Dreams In Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quinonez takes place in Spanish Harlem, here we see a kid named Julio who is Puerto Rican and half Ecuadorian. Julio is a good friend with Sapo; Sapo always defends Julio no matter what. Julio gets into many fights, which got him the name Chino that was a painter who did the Rest In Peace Frames. As they grew up Chino ended up with a girl named Blanca who was a church girl. Blanca is the best in Chino’s life giving the positive influence like the angel on the left shoulder telling him all the goods things to do in life and what to not do. Sapo on the other hand is like the devil on his right shoulder giving him horrible advice and leading him down the wrong path in his life placing Chino
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A Bodega is a small corner store that you can almost get anything you want quick and easy and Willie Bodega is from a small neighborhood such as Spanish Harlem who accomplished so much. The moral of this novel is to never underestimate anyone or anything because anything possible. In this novel we see the symbolism of hope for a better Spanish Harlem in the new apartments. Spanish Harlem is in need of improvement as people see it as a joke. The police laughed as they saw that they were renovating the apartments and said that it was a waste of time. This showed how people underestimated the people in Spanish Harlem, and didn’t view it as a great part of the city. The apartments were part of Bodegas dream and which it was a sign of hope to the community that he wanted to bring to each and every person that lived in Spanish Harlem. To Bodega these apartments were a new start to a community that needed so much improvement “Where the city sees burned buildings [he] sees opportunity (pg.37, Quinonez). The new apartments were the hope that Bodega dreamed for; manly because it shows the improvement of the area and that it does have the potential to be a crucial part of New York …show more content…
The American dream has different meanings to people but in all its being wealthy and living comfortable with a family. Chino and Bodega have different methods of getting to the American dream. Chino has Blanca in his life to show him the right way of doing things in life with brining a child into the world and taking care of a family. Bodega sells him the dream that he can be part of the Spanish Harlem he has always envisioned. He tries to get Chino to come back to his roots of where he was born and get out of the Americanized state of mind that Blanca put him in. We see that Bodega and Sapo are the ones pushing drugs, Bodega made an empire to develop his wealth and to create a better Spanish Harlem for his people "I take care of the community, and the community will take care of me" (Pg.30, Quinonez) showing that all he asks is loyalty from his
A Bodega is a small corner store that you can almost get anything you want quick and easy and Willie Bodega is from a small neighborhood such as Spanish Harlem who accomplished so much. The moral of this novel is to never underestimate anyone or anything because anything possible. In this novel we see the symbolism of hope for a better Spanish Harlem in the new apartments. Spanish Harlem is in need of improvement as people see it as a joke. The police laughed as they saw that they were renovating the apartments and said that it was a waste of time. This showed how people underestimated the people in Spanish Harlem, and didn’t view it as a great part of the city. The apartments were part of Bodegas dream and which it was a sign of hope to the community that he wanted to bring to each and every person that lived in Spanish Harlem. To Bodega these apartments were a new start to a community that needed so much improvement “Where the city sees burned buildings [he] sees opportunity (pg.37, Quinonez). The new apartments were the hope that Bodega dreamed for; manly because it shows the improvement of the area and that it does have the potential to be a crucial part of New York …show more content…
The American dream has different meanings to people but in all its being wealthy and living comfortable with a family. Chino and Bodega have different methods of getting to the American dream. Chino has Blanca in his life to show him the right way of doing things in life with brining a child into the world and taking care of a family. Bodega sells him the dream that he can be part of the Spanish Harlem he has always envisioned. He tries to get Chino to come back to his roots of where he was born and get out of the Americanized state of mind that Blanca put him in. We see that Bodega and Sapo are the ones pushing drugs, Bodega made an empire to develop his wealth and to create a better Spanish Harlem for his people "I take care of the community, and the community will take care of me" (Pg.30, Quinonez) showing that all he asks is loyalty from his