The book I have been reading for the past 3 week (my life is wasted away)

Is called Parrot in the Oven, by Victor Martinez. This book’s theme is that “Even though things are bad, it will get better.” This means that while things may be bad right now, they will get better eventually.

 

From the very beginning, it was obvious that Manny is going through a tough time, with his father being a psycho, and his mother dealing with it, with his brother recently dropped out of college, and now Manny has to prove he can do better. According to his mom, he NEEDS to do better that his brother. He needs to get into college, and stay there.

But, unfortunately, with his brother being a bum, “He flips through jobs quicker than a thumb does to a deck of cards.” It also points out the fact that Manny’s father thinks

 

There’s a lot of different word choice in this book, such the title itself. What the title (Parrot in the Oven) simply means that because Manny is Mexican, and is an immigrant, it means there’s only a matter of time, before it all crashes and burns.  Manny’s father continues to say things like his family is a handful of pennies, that they are a lower class. This proves that he thinks less of his entirely family.

 

Nearing the end of the story, we find out that Manny’s sister, Magda is pregnant. Sadly, she has a miscarriage.  The fetus is found in the bathroom, inside the toilet. Also, as we near the end of the story, we see that Manny joins a gang. This seems to end very badly. As they are messing with an older person, Manny realizes he can do so much better.

 

And that, folks,

Is the

 

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