So I recently read a book called Facts of Life by Gary Soto. Well, actually, it's not exactly one book, it's a book that contains a bunch of short stories in it. I actually didn't realize that until I brought the book home from the library when it said underneath the title; "stories", and when I actually started reading the book. Normally I don't like reading those types of books that contain short stories but this was different. Gary Soto is a really great author and every single one of the short stories was really good.
I've noticed that all the short stories feature Hispanic characters and there's always a Spanish phrase or
two in every page. So sometimes I have to keep looking back in the glossary to look up the phrase and understand it, or just guess what it means. But I think all these short stories have taught me a lot. The main thing they taught me is that there's always problems in everyone's life and there's always a way to solve that problem. I've also learned that some people have harder lives than others.
Like this girl who has to live in a trailer with her parents, because they are poor and not official citizens of the United States. Their dream is to become citizens and get a good job in New York City and get more money. So her father keeps on studying cars and all of their complicated parts so he can become a mechanic and open his own car repair shop in New York City.
Or this girl who wants to change the world and make it a better and cleaner place but gets made fun of about it, but when she does an extra credit project, she feels a lot better about herself and really feels that she can change the world.
