A blog devoted to Chae Sweet's ENG073 course at Hudson County Community College. Students will discuss "Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx."
Monday, November 5, 2007
Group #6 - FL
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Julio Theme In chapters thirty seven through forty one, we often come across the theme of child negligence. In chapter thirty seven (pg 348) after Marlene, becomes overwhelmed of dealing with Rocco’s medical condition, she decides to leave him and their child behind. In chapter four eight (pg 357) we also see the negligence of Jessica, who after agreeing with Milagros to baby-sit her children, decides to wonder off to the club with Coco. In chapter thirty nine (pg 362) When Lourdes saddled with her grandchildren at her friends house, she would along with the house mates snort coke and smoke, having a three year old pass the blunts among the guests. And last but not lease Coco her self. Even though Coco was a good caring mother, she often failed to fulfill all tasks of it. Coco would repeatedly leave her 14 year old daughter Mercedes, to baby-sit her sisters, just as Jessica did the night she went out with Coco. In chapter forty (pg 366) after fights between Frankie and Mercedes had worsen, Coco choose her boyfriend to stay home over her daughter, and to easy things up decided to send Mercedes to spend a few weeks with her grandmother Foxy, who also failed protect her as she would became molested by her boyfriend Herman.
Victor Two pivotal scenes There are many important scenes in the book Random Family. Two vitally important scenes in pages 243 to 371 that are important in my opinion are.
On page 243, there’s a scene that begins with Coco laying next to Frankie. Frankie shows his insecurities through mentioning to Coco that she doesn’t love him. Coco explains that love exists in many forms and that there’s many different kinds of love. Coco explanation clearly express that it’s not real love that she’s “talking” about. She’s grateful because Frankie treats her kids right, and his exchange of feelings towards herself. Coco can’t love Frankie like Cesar. Cesar is her main love. Frankie feels that Coco is straight forwards with her feelings, and puts everything on the table. He also admires the fact that Coco is “so open” and sincere about her emotions.
On page 334, Jessica shows she can’t function in a normal society. She cant adjust an environment that doesn’t have someone to schedule her. “Jessica suffers anxiety attacks. She wasn’t accustomed to the lack of rules. She missed the …support of her…friends, and…she half-wished she could go back“ to jail. Because Jessica spent so many years in jail, she couldn’t perform well in society. It as if the only world she knows is the jail’s. The reader can also catch how her image reflects on her feelings. In jail, she might not cared about her physical aspects. But on the “outside” world, she’s fully aware about her weight and appearance. “Her weight made her painfully self-conscious.” She also panic about her financial situation.
Well at the beginning of chapter thirty-seven Cesar was in his cell thinking about his future. He dwelled on how he gets out and goes back to the streets. He talks about how he likes the girl and he could hear them now talking about damn Cesar you look good. Being in lock up he had no choice but to take time to analyze his life and the struggles on the day to day bases he had with the family. He began to see that he was like a bodyguard he always was taking care of somebody else’s beef. . He began to see how he wasn’t there for his family. Rocco was feeling some type of way so he thought about the old crew. His dude Mighty was dead , Tito lock up and isn’t doing to well and Cesar was lock up but still going strong. He takes about teaching Cesar all this computer stuff. Giselle’s visions on Cesar was also seeing him as a family dude. Cesar seen that during visiting hour he began to think why is this beautiful girl with him. She really didn’t need him because she did for herself.. Not long after Cesar got out stop with the drugs and paid some fines from charges. He step out the game because he felt he was going to have to kill or be killed and he did that for his child. He even took parenting class. Around the same time Jessica was still with handling her new life with the old. She showed pictures of her in the old George to the new George. George she was living the simple life. Now Jessica wasn’t lounging in the rides she was hiding from people while on the rounds. Jessica got her own place in may 19999 and George also quit his job. Evening in her new place she still was alone . People upstairs was getting into fights and she could hear it all so she tried 2 curl up and go to sleep. Sometimes she call some of her friend or prison pals. Boy George was trying to reach Jessica but the address he had was old because she has moved like five times. Jessica was trying to go back to her old life with the men and thing, but it was hard for her. Jessica job shut down for a mouth in th summer so she invited her girl to come stay with her. Serena stayed Jessica wanted to be a mother even though she didn’t no how. The twins got home sick and went home .At the end of the chapter the cops ran in Iris apartment thinking it was the drug dealer across the street. The put Mercedes uncle on the ground and in cuffs, one of the cops realize who iris was and called off the raid.
Chapter38
Serena went back to troy to start school. Her and Milagros gets in arguments a lot now . Serena now call george, Daddy george and Milagros makes a statement saying you are going to call every man your mother gets involved with daddy. Serena got pissed off so she said that they where getting married. Milagros said it would b a while before your moms settle down. That September Serna got a man. Milagros told her to stop seeing him because a 19 yr old boy only wants a 14 yr old girl for one thing. Serena began failing her classes so she got put on lock down. She would write things down in the black and white composition book and named it her portfolio. Serena and Milagros wasn’t seeing eye to eye , so if Serena had any problems she would go see her aunt titi coco. Before coco due date Jessica came by to see her and her kids. Coco said I don’t know whats going on with your brother he talking that stuff. Jessica said don’t let him stress you your pregnant. Coco was saying that the Bronx wasn’t good enough for her 1st son and she wanted his father by his side. Baby was born and join the family. There relationship was at its best since they met. Coco got a job at the Garden way paying $9 per hr . she got he 1st check on Christmas so she gave her daughter money as a gift. Coco and Jessica went out to party with new York’s finest.
Chapter 39
Jessica still wanted to be a mother so she filed for custody for Serena. Right before the hearing Jessica went out to party and met another dude his is a body lifter name maximo. Maximo was a part-time stripper and a recreation specialist. In march of 2000 Jessica quit her job saying her boss was disrespectful. She wanted a job where she worked from nine to five because at five o clock she had to play mom. When Lourdes and Emilio got a evicted they moved in with Jessica. Jessica began have big dreams about having a house big enough for her five kids and maximo five kids. Jessica didn’t have a job but she was trying hard to work on keeping a man. They went to family court everyone besides Serena agreed that she finish the school year in troy and do the summer internship. But she never finished her intern because her grades was awful so Milagros made her quit. When the year was over she moved to Bronx..
Chapter 40
Frankie was doing the father thing for weeks. Cesar still lock up getting visits a lot of them thanks to Elaine who loved to drive. After Jessica got proper id Elaine arranged a family reunion and for the first time in like ten years lourdes was with all her kids ceasr was sill trying to prove his love for giselle. When Mercedes get back to troy she still wasn’t doing good in school at all. Serena moved in with Jessica and did the ninth grade again. Mercedes finds out that during the summer foxys boyfriend did something nasty to her. Mercedes called foxy told her what happen and both cried and talked about what sexual abuse they had when they where younger then foxy said she was going to confront her boyfriend about it.
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Julio
Theme
In chapters thirty seven through forty one, we often come across the theme of child negligence. In chapter thirty seven (pg 348) after Marlene, becomes overwhelmed of dealing with Rocco’s medical condition, she decides to leave him and their child behind. In chapter four eight (pg 357) we also see the negligence of Jessica, who after agreeing with Milagros to baby-sit her children, decides to wonder off to the club with Coco. In chapter thirty nine (pg 362) When Lourdes saddled with her grandchildren at her friends house, she would along with the house mates snort coke and smoke, having a three year old pass the blunts among the guests. And last but not lease Coco her self. Even though Coco was a good caring mother, she often failed to fulfill all tasks of it. Coco would repeatedly leave her 14 year old daughter Mercedes, to baby-sit her sisters, just as Jessica did the night she went out with Coco. In chapter forty (pg 366) after fights between Frankie and Mercedes had worsen, Coco choose her boyfriend to stay home over her daughter, and to easy things up decided to send Mercedes to spend a few weeks with her grandmother Foxy, who also failed protect her as she would became molested by her boyfriend Herman.
Victor
Two pivotal scenes
There are many important scenes in the book Random Family. Two vitally
important scenes in pages 243 to 371 that are important in my opinion
are.
On page 243, there’s a scene that begins with Coco laying next to
Frankie.
Frankie shows his insecurities through mentioning to Coco that she
doesn’t
love him. Coco explains that love exists in many forms and that
there’s many
different kinds of love. Coco explanation clearly express that it’s
not real
love that she’s “talking” about. She’s grateful because Frankie
treats her
kids right, and his exchange of feelings towards herself. Coco can’t
love
Frankie like Cesar. Cesar is her main love. Frankie feels that Coco is
straight forwards with her feelings, and puts everything on the table.
He
also admires the fact that Coco is “so open” and sincere about her
emotions.
On page 334, Jessica shows she can’t function in a normal society.
She cant
adjust an environment that doesn’t have someone to schedule her.
“Jessica
suffers anxiety attacks. She wasn’t accustomed to the lack of rules.
She
missed the …support of her…friends, and…she half-wished she could
go back“
to jail. Because Jessica spent so many years in jail, she couldn’t
perform
well in society. It as if the only world she knows is the jail’s. The
reader
can also catch how her image reflects on her feelings. In jail, she
might
not cared about her physical aspects. But on the “outside” world,
she’s
fully aware about her weight and appearance. “Her weight made her
painfully
self-conscious.” She also panic about her financial situation.
Chapter 37
Well at the beginning of chapter thirty-seven Cesar was in his cell thinking about his future. He dwelled on how he gets out and goes back to the streets. He talks about how he likes the girl and he could hear them now talking about damn Cesar you look good. Being in lock up he had no choice but to take time to analyze his life and the struggles on the day to day bases he had with the family. He began to see that he was like a bodyguard he always was taking care of somebody else’s beef. . He began to see how he wasn’t there for his family. Rocco was feeling some type of way so he thought about the old crew. His dude Mighty was dead , Tito lock up and isn’t doing to well and Cesar was lock up but still going strong. He takes about teaching Cesar all this computer stuff. Giselle’s visions on Cesar was also seeing him as a family dude. Cesar seen that during visiting hour he began to think why is this beautiful girl with him. She really didn’t need him because she did for herself.. Not long after Cesar got out stop with the drugs and paid some fines from charges. He step out the game because he felt he was going to have to kill or be killed and he did that for his child. He even took parenting class. Around the same time Jessica was still with handling her new life with the old. She showed pictures of her in the old George to the new George. George she was living the simple life. Now Jessica wasn’t lounging in the rides she was hiding from people while on the rounds. Jessica got her own place in may 19999 and George also quit his job. Evening in her new place she still was alone . People upstairs was getting into fights and she could hear it all so she tried 2 curl up and go to sleep. Sometimes she call some of her friend or prison pals. Boy George was trying to reach Jessica but the address he had was old because she has moved like five times. Jessica was trying to go back to her old life with the men and thing, but it was hard for her. Jessica job shut down for a mouth in th summer so she invited her girl to come stay with her. Serena stayed Jessica wanted to be a mother even though she didn’t no how. The twins got home sick and went home .At the end of the chapter the cops ran in Iris apartment thinking it was the drug dealer across the street. The put Mercedes uncle on the ground and in cuffs, one of the cops realize who iris was and called off the raid.
Chapter38
Serena went back to troy to start school. Her and Milagros gets in arguments a lot now . Serena now call george, Daddy george and Milagros makes a statement saying you are going to call every man your mother gets involved with daddy. Serena got pissed off so she said that they where getting married. Milagros said it would b a while before your moms settle down. That September Serna got a man. Milagros told her to stop seeing him because a 19 yr old boy only wants a 14 yr old girl for one thing. Serena began failing her classes so she got put on lock down. She would write things down in the black and white composition book and named it her portfolio. Serena and Milagros wasn’t seeing eye to eye , so if Serena had any problems she would go see her aunt titi coco. Before coco due date Jessica came by to see her and her kids. Coco said I don’t know whats going on with your brother he talking that stuff. Jessica said don’t let him stress you your pregnant. Coco was saying that the Bronx wasn’t good enough for her 1st son and she wanted his father by his side. Baby was born and join the family. There relationship was at its best since they met. Coco got a job at the Garden way paying $9 per hr . she got he 1st check on Christmas so she gave her daughter money as a gift. Coco and Jessica went out to party with new York’s finest.
Chapter 39
Jessica still wanted to be a mother so she filed for custody for Serena. Right before the hearing Jessica went out to party and met another dude his is a body lifter name maximo. Maximo was a part-time stripper and a recreation specialist. In march of 2000 Jessica quit her job saying her boss was disrespectful. She wanted a job where she worked from nine to five because at five o clock she had to play mom. When Lourdes and Emilio got a evicted they moved in with Jessica. Jessica began have big dreams about having a house big enough for her five kids and maximo five kids. Jessica didn’t have a job but she was trying hard to work on keeping a man. They went to family court everyone besides Serena agreed that she finish the school year in troy and do the summer internship. But she never finished her intern because her grades was awful so Milagros made her quit. When the year was over she moved to Bronx..
Chapter 40
Frankie was doing the father thing for weeks. Cesar still lock up getting visits a lot of them thanks to Elaine who loved to drive. After Jessica got proper id Elaine arranged a family reunion and for the first time in like ten years lourdes was with all her kids ceasr was sill trying to prove his love for giselle. When Mercedes get back to troy she still wasn’t doing good in school at all. Serena moved in with Jessica and did the ninth grade again. Mercedes finds out that during the summer foxys boyfriend did something nasty to her. Mercedes called foxy told her what happen and both cried and talked about what sexual abuse they had when they where younger then foxy said she was going to confront her boyfriend about it.
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