Chile Verde

"do it on the road, red. Feed it on the branch, Beaulah. knead it to the bread, Bobo. etc..."

In more than just this segment ive noticed a style in their writing. The word that is right before the comma is a word with its first letter after. Maybe these words or names hold certain signifigance to the description.

Chile Verde

"the invisible skull on the desolate hills of every California town opens its jaws of arranged imprisonments and decapitations. But, who listens?

California is described as a land of oppertunity for mishap. Although it doesnt appear this way there are many things wrong with it. no one cares though about chicanos and minorites and what they go through.

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"Man with briefcase - accent + big watch = Equal opportunity" (74)

It is being infered that all your really need to enter into the bussiness world is to have a suitcase no accent and a watch. The suitcase and watch show signs of sucess and with no accent people trust you more for some reason it makes them less sterotypical about a person of spanish decent taking their money.

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“La noche was all around me, expect for the tiny light da la tiendita.” (71)

i really enjoy their use of spanish to describe the setting which i beleive also helps describe feelings. I shows the reader their cultural identity of being a chicano or something else. The spanish they use really needs some kind of basic knowing for the language to get the full story.

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"What have we learned from our Capitalism? The decapitation of our joys? The desire for simulations of consciousness?" 43

Herrera is pondering why america is itself.Why that every thing is changed for capitalist government. that people are always in present. being concouis and in the moment takes back in our overall understanding of whats going on around us.

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"What are we renewing? From what to what? How long-suffering is the transition?" 32

Herreras deep and more thoughtful and less picy here. Its saying life after death and being reborn. when dead why would you want to have to be turned into something else and how long would this transition be. Herrera that renewal is a painful idea so why stand all that suffering for so long.

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“I worry about people who say, “Don’t worry, Baby.” (29)

Every body says dont worry when they are the ones we should be worrying for because it could be them next. People who worry for other people are worrying period and should be calmed down not to worry because it might be bad for their health.