" Near the windows of la virgen de toledo federation, next to the shrine for moddana, there is a jimi hendrix video game machine that spines out rock tunes every time you hit over a thousand"

I love hearing the story of the chicanos making it and putting there resturants together or publishing a book. because they work so hard not to live in total poverty keep everyone feed then after all that hard work they make it in the clear and have made a name for themselves.

Chile Verde

"This is Hispaopoly, your upwardly mobile life game that promises you to gain your true identity through the acquisition of someone else's property, usually lower than you - your live-in indian maid from latin america that's running away from genocide, for example. Stay tuned for more."

They are talking about the way of life as a hispanic what they go through in there last game show summary. So everyone is living a low life having to deal with dailey struggels. Genocide by the supremacy of whites against mionorites. How they if they were whight surviveing and making a name for themselves would be alot easier.

Chile Verde

"Esa burciaga, vato de la divina torica, vato escuadra reuga por nosotros.Etc..."

This is burciaga the, of the divine Torica, for us. Its this spanish combined with spanish slang that they make a message in their poetry. its so ignorant simplistic writers wont understand the real message sort of like a code. Also still enjoying there on culture wich is as you read on what is being told.

Chile Verde

"My city sings for its return to my little womb house, my gypsy songs smuggled from chiapa de coroso, from el rastro in madrid, the alley is my neckalace, the boulevard is my guitar."

An reamerging theme is the heritage. La Locais proud of her heritage and all the way from the corners of her country she feels connected. The Boulevard is here guitar means its were things are so real and loud as in the amount of culture present and the feelings given off.

Chile Verde

"Somwthing dropped inside of her and grew above us. A tiny flame of sweetness and black. For years, in that wild shadow, she smoked and kissed a stray that crossed our window."

When someone dies it can have many effects their mom lost all desire of not living but playing lifes game. It lead her to stand in one spot and smoke starring at the other men passing by wishing she could reunite with her true love

Chile Verde

“I am that paper, I am those words now, that ink burns pyres in every cell.”

Herrera is a great writer and he does it so well he becomes deep about it and writing emotions twisted in which is what burns pyres in every cell means. The writing all connects to him the style and what its about although it needs translateing. maybe the spanish is used because hes proud of his heritage.

Book Comparison

Many people try and live outside of what is considered normal. Thoreau, Emerson, and Kerouac are three people who philosophized about this subject of living simply and taking a step back from modernism. The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac the romantic and Walden by Thoreau the realist have two similar ideas coming from two different places. Thoreau’s philosophy plays a bigger role in our world because he directly depicts how and where society has changed people.