90 Miles To Havana Literary Analysis

The author, Flores-Galbis, in the novel, 90 Miles to Havana, hints at a theme, all throughout the book. That theme would be, independence.
That you need to be able to fend for yourself, in order to be successful in the real world. Everything cannot be handled by older friends or guardians, you need to do things yourself sometimes. Four examples are going to be shown Independence is an important part of our American society, and author Flores-Galbis is trying to show that in the novel: 90 Miles to Havana. A Valid claim cannot be made without support, and text evidence. Here are examples of text evidence out of the book to support this claim. Bebo gives Julian some advice, that relates to this theme,“Now let me give you a piece of advice. You’ll never really grow up until you get out of your brothers’ shadows - find your own game.” Julian was rather upset because he wasn’t like his brothers, and Bebo assured him that he didn’t have to follow the exact same guidelines to be as successful as they are. He told him to be independent, and find his own game that’s comfortable with him. Therefore it shows that independence is a theme to the book. An additional quote that isn’t from the second section of the book, but it foreshadows what will happen next in the book. In chapter 3, …show more content…
He didn’t have much time. He ran to the truck and handled the situation completely on his own, as the other kids watched in awe and silence. “What’s all the fuss about?” The truck driver asks. “Someone fell out of their bunk, that’s all,” I say and then push the clipboard in front of his face…” The driver was wasting time pronouncing the names of the kids. Julian quickly thinks of a solution to his stalling, “Looks like we have a full load,” He said “... I could tell he was getting