There are many cultural stereotypes and expectations in both Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and in Luis Rodriguez' Always Running. Choose 1 stereotype or expectation from one of these works and explain how the character either conforms or defies the trait. Can you relate to any of these characters? Explain
In Always Running, Luis J. Rodriguez does the number one stereotype for a Mexican in a gang run city, he falls into the gang lifestyle. Luis thinks its cool and normal to be in a gang. However, Luis breaks this stereotype of being a gangster on so many scenes in the book. One example is when the gang is going to do a drive by and Luis tries to convince them not to buy the weapons or do the drive by. Another example is when the gang members are raping these women and Luis is completely disgusted by it and does not participate in their actions. I myself can't relate to either characters of the Joy Luck Club or Always Running because my parents supported everything I wanted to do and I didn't grow up influenced by the gang lifestyle.- Karina Chapa
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ReplyDeleteI believe a stereotype for the Asian culture is that the women in the families tend to be the ones who don't bring anything of grave importance to their family. In one of the stories in the book the joy luck club Waverly Jong a young female character in the story is the one who brought pride to her mother while her brothers were stuck doing household work . I relate to Walverly Jong in the way that I try to do anything the make my family proud. - Destiny Sequeida
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ReplyDeleteIn his book,'Always Running', Rodriguez explains the many stereotypes he faced. However, he also mentions moments in which he opposed such stereotypes. For instance, when his gang plots an attack against a rival gang, Rodriguez opposes. Additionally, throughout the novel Rodriguez begins to act as a spokesman for his community through his educational medium, confronting important community issues through means of nonviolence. By doing so, Rodriguez is not only proving that he will not follow the stereotypes held of his community, but that the tip of the pen which pushes mountains is a better weapon than the sword that sheds blood. I do not relate to any of their experiences, but should I ever face such situations, I would try to follow the path Rodriguez followed.-Alejandro Cortez
ReplyDeleteWaverly Jong from the Joy Luck Club was given the expectation to "Bite back your tongue" in order to win arguments. In the beginning of the excerpt, Jong has conformed to such stereotypes such as the moment when a man in the park suggested to Jong's mother that Jong should play in local chess tournaments which she wanted to play but knew her mother would not allow her to play among strangers. I can relate to Jong in so many ways because growing up influenced by Chinese Culture, defying the authority by verbal arguments throws only more fuel into the flames that is already raging. I knew my mother's expectations and so I would never talk back unless I have "facts" to prove her wrong but most of the time I would just bite back my tongue just to alleviate the tensions between my mother and me.
ReplyDeleteIn the book,"The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan, Tan uses one stereotype that Wave-ly's mother had stated, "Next time win more, lose less." (pg.98). However, Wave-ly does not conform with this quote from her mother, because she stated "Ma, it's not how many pieces you lose... Sometimes you need to lose pieces to get ahead." Wave-ly opposes her mother saying because she acknowledge that in the rules of chess, in order to win, the person or individual has to sacrifice their players to prevent their opponents from advancing. Not everything is about who has more than others or who has better stature than other. It depends on what knowledge and strategies that person uses. I can relate to this stereotype to Wave-ly because whenever time I get a lower score than my cousin on G.P.As, my mother would always compare and say, "Why do you have a low score, and your cousin has a better score than you?" To be realistic with my mom, I would tell her that it's because I have different learning abilities than anybody else. "We aren't born alike." Which I tell my mom when our report card comes home. Sometimes, I try to push myself to do better, but the outcome would still be the same even though I gave my best.- Jason Diec
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ReplyDeleteIn the novel "Always Running ", Luis encountered many stereotypes because of his gang lifestyle. There was a scene at the end of the book were he meets up with some guys from Lomas to convince them to change their lives. In this scene, the gangsters were ready to get intoxicated with drugs and pass it around among the people there but once it came to Luis he chose not to take a hit. He went against the stereotype of consuming drugs because he was over that stage of his life. This is a powerful scene because here not only does he not want anything to do with drugs but all the guys after him turn it down too. I unlike Rodriguez can't relate to this situation but if there was ever a point I would do the same thing he did. He did it as a change not only to his life but all the people of his barrio. He wanted to show them that there is more to living and that they each had the chance to change who they are.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Always Running, Rodriguez plays the role of a mischievous gangster, who just knows the gang life and society believes he is no good for nothing and he defys this stereotype because he soon teaches in school and shows the kids that there are better things in life than gangs. To take the road to success because in the end it will pay off.
ReplyDelete"Chinese people do many things," she said simply. "Chinese people do business, do medicine, do painting. Not lazy like American people" (92). In this quote by Waverly Jong's mother portrays a stereotype on American people by calling them "lazy". Based on this quote, it is an expectation of Chinese kids to exceed the standards of "Americans". Waverly Jong does conform to this expectation by becoming a national champion in chess. However, her mother does not settle for this. She calls Waverly Jong's success "luck", which is very common among Chinese parents who want to stay humble. It seems, based on this book, that Chinese mothers are never able to become proud of their own child, even when they reach their limits. I completely relate to this expectation of high Chinese standards. Family satisfaction is always distant, because there are always racial limits (generally, colleges seem to be biased against asians) and never-ending expectations.
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ReplyDeleteIn the book Joy Luck Club, the whole story mostly rotates around mother and daughter, the mother in this story represents one stereotype of Chinese culture, helpless and powerless in front of men. In Chinese culture, women are considered worthless and be labeled as lower class than men, this is different from the Western culture where everyone is equal. Nowadays, this old thinking had been reduced a lot; however, it still presents in Chinese society at some places. I expect that in the future, this Chinese stereotype won't be present anymore because everyone is equal, and every one is deserve to be respected. I can relate to this stereotype because I have one older brother, and he always receive positive feedback from my grandma (who 100% is Chinese) even if he just laying there on his bed. I always try my best to satisfy my grandma, but never gotten any acception from her.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Joy Luck Club the stereotypical portrait of chinese culture is painted. We have the strict mother and the obedient daughter. Mother speaks, child listens. Waverly Jung has been taught to silence her thoughts,ideas, and even her likings,almost as if it were a sin to mention such topics. Jung however begins to challenge this stereotype by standing up to her mother.Jung's mother may have seen it as a spark of rebellion, but i think it's a sign a maturity.When I was younger my mother use to have an even tighter grip on my neck. I wasn't allowed to speak unless asked,I would do what I was told. Any slight sign of indignation would earn me some sort of physical punishment. Over the years my mother and I have learned to cope with are ideas, were beginning to live like a mother and a daughter.-Rebeca Tejeda
ReplyDeleteIn 'Always Running,' Luis Rodriguez is expected to, because he is a part of a gang, tag to promote his "gang lifestyle," to gain his gang respect, and to mark his gang's territory, however Rodriguez defies this stereotype because instead of tagging, with the help of the Youth Center, he painted murals across San Gabriel Valley. Rodriguez uses his skills to make his town more beautiful where the people are proud to be a part of the community and does not encourage the "gang lifestyle."
ReplyDeleteRodriguez , in the book Always Running defies his stereotype of a drug consuming resident at Lomas when he rejects the drugs he was being offered and to his surprise his action cause a chain reaction to his friends , who also reject the drug. Here we see the break from the stereotype that he was given which no longer belonged to him.
ReplyDeleteIn Always Running, Luis J. Rodriguez' went through different number of stereotypes, he was involved in a gang culture and a mexican culture. He defies the gang culture by not participating in the drive bys and also the time de decided to not consumung any drugs with hus friends. Rodriguez also defies the mexican culture by nit following his mothers rules when all she wanted was his son to go through the right path. I can connect with the mexican culture because my mom is always telling me wants right and whats wrong. Sometimes as a teenager we tend to do the opposite because we want to experience different things and see if our parents were right or wrong. -Isis Gallegos
ReplyDeleteIn the book Always Running, Rodriguez had the stereo type of being a mexican american teen and a gangster and deals with the stereo type of people thinking that he wont achieve much in his life or in school. He defies it by actually accomplishing many incredible things that people wouldn't believe; like helping to get a chicano studies at his school and actually graduating highschool. Not many people believed he could but he proved those people wrong and that means something for the Mexican community since our ethnicity or race seems to be judged quicker than others like some. Luis Rodriguez defies the stereo type that was given to him at the begining of the book and has changed it completely.
ReplyDeleteIn Always Running, Luis J. Rodriguez' went through different number of stereotypes, he was involved in a gang culture and a mexican culture. He defies the gang culture by not participating in the drive bys and also the time de decided to not consumung any drugs with hus friends. Rodriguez also defies the mexican culture by nit following his mothers rules when all she wanted was his son to go through the right path. I can connect with the mexican culture because my mom is always telling me wants right and whats wrong. Sometimes as a teenager we tend to do the opposite because we want to experience different things and see if our parents were right or wrong. -Isis Gallegos
ReplyDeleteIn Always Running, Luis J. Rodriguez' went through different number of stereotypes, he was involved in a gang culture and a mexican culture. He defies the gang culture by not participating in the drive bys and also the time de decided to not consumung any drugs with hus friends. Rodriguez also defies the mexican culture by nit following his mothers rules when all she wanted was his son to go through the right path. I can connect with the mexican culture because my mom is always telling me wants right and whats wrong. Sometimes as a teenager we tend to do the opposite because we want to experience different things and see if our parents were right or wrong. -Isis Gallegos
ReplyDeleteIn "Always Running" Luis defies the stereotype at some points throughout the book because he falls under the "Gang Life". Luis does what people expect from Mexicans which is steal, kill, and do drugs. Luis was also uneducated and spoke poor english. People always say how Mexicans are never smart enough and can not speak proper. At some points through the book he does go against the stereotype because he does protest for spanish speaking teachers and he also has a very impressive way of writing literature. A character I can relate to is Jong. The reason why is because my mother is always pushing me to do better no matter what. - Elisa Cortez
ReplyDeleteIn the book "The Joy Luck Club", Jong's mother actually expects her to win every competition and tells her as how Jason stated that "win more, lose less." Jong opposes that because she believes that sometimes you need to lose pieces to get ahead. The stereotype that mothers or parents have high expectations for you is happening every time and i feel that sometimes it's good because your parents know what your capable of and they know that you can do so much better than what you think. This is why I can relate to Jong because my dad actually pushes me to do better in life which is why he doesn't accept grades lower than a C. -Valeria Villa
ReplyDeleteIn "Always Running" Luis had gone through some difficult situations and had fallen under many stereotypes. A specific stereotype that Luis is defined is the “Gang” life style, people usually expect a gang member to be uneducated, with a criminal background, and will never do well in anything or give back. Luis breaks this stereotype because he graduated high school, and he had joined many clubs at his school. He joined the Communicators club that helped prevent, stop fights in school with the help of Mexican and Anglo students. He also joined the ToHMAS club. This club membership recruited students into activities and helps students get their education and stay in school. He then became president and student council`s Speaker of the House and involved in the schools newspaper. I can relate to Luis because I am involved school like Renaissance, and Link crew, and I’m currently working on my education. Although Luis has been through a tough life he had moments where he can break the “Gang” stereotype and became a successful individual that has an education and gives back to his community.-Melissa Terrazas
ReplyDeleteIn his book Always Running , Luis Rodriguez faces many obstacles growing up in a gang life. A specific stereotype that Rodriguez as a gangster turned down was when he volunteered in his community to stop a massive gang fight. Most gang memebers stay true to their gang that they would never stand up and lead to stop a rival fight . A personal connection I share with Luis Rodriguez is when I was young I had no idea how to speak English so I would avoid talking to anyone and never spoke at all. Saira Madrigal
ReplyDeleteGangs have a certain culture to them and the members of these gangs are often stereotyped as ruthless, tough, dangerous, murderers, and druggies. However, while reading "Always Running" Luis J. Rodriguez defies these stereotypes. On example of his defiance is when he creates a club to encourage students and help them and work with them to recieve an education. Never have i heard of a gang member offering education opportunities to children. Another example is when Rodriguez refuses to accept any drugs at the end of the novel because he is changing his way of life for his own good. This shows his defiance in the "druggie" stereotype. I personally can't relate to the gang stereotype considering I have never been involved with the "gang life", but i feel that I can relate to Rodriguez considering he always tries to help others. -Crystal Pelayo
ReplyDeleteIn The Joy Luck Club, Waverly gets interested in the "game" of chest. She lives in the Chinese stereotype that says they need to be perfect with everything. In this case Waverly's mother tells her to " Next time win more, lose less." I am some what like her because my parents expect more out of me since middle school. That was my hightlight of my year with having honors classes and straight A's now they get mad because I'm not getting all A's anymore... But I just wish they understand that I am doing everything I can and I can't have everything they want me to have. -Samantha Lopez
ReplyDeleteIn the book, "Joy Luck's Club", by Amy Tan falls into many stereotypes among the Asian Culture. The main character, Waverly Jong, is always expected to act a certain way. Her brothers had a little more freedom than she did because in the beginning she was told she couldn't play chess. Also, after she asked the man from the park to play chess with her he had said, "Little girl, its been a long time since I play with dolls.", meaning that girls wouldn't know such things about chess. Growing up in a family with three older brothers, I am expected to act, speak, and think a certain way. My brothers could go wherever, whenever they want and I am always told I have to stay home. Over the years, I have learned that my parents' expectations from me are different because they are meant to prepare me in the future and to spend as much time as I can with my family because it is only a matter of time that I won't be able to see them anymore.
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ReplyDeleteIn "Always Running", Luis Rodriguez conforms to the stereotypes placed upon gang members. Some stereotypes consist of drugs, violence, danger, and etc. However, there are certain examples in the book where Luis shows that he defies some of the stereotypes. One example that really stould out to me was that Luis volunteered in his community to stop a large gang fight. By doing this Luis defies the stereotype of danger by stopping the danger from occurring within his community. Another example was when Luis was disgusted by the idea of rape and the thought of having to do it in order to conform to the gang life. The fact that luis was disgusted with those actions, shows that Luis is not conforming to the stereotype of violence. I personally can relate to Luis because I too make decisions on my own and do whatever is right, even if it means I will not be like the others.
In the book “Always Running” by Luis Rodriguez, the main character is stereotyped to be a gangster. A stereotypical gangster is violent, easily angered, and is always running away from the cops. All these characteristics are true in Luis’ case, but at some point in the book, he eventually breaks from these characteristics and becomes the opposite. He defies these traits. For example, instead of Luis trying to be superior by using his violence, he used his leadership skills in the club he was in at school in order to be heard. I would say that I am similar to Luis Rodriguez because I defy the stereotypical category I am in which is a woman. Women are stereotypically seen as inferior to men, but I use my leadership skills to prove that I am more than that.
ReplyDeleteA character I relate to is the young girl in the joy luck club , in the aspect that we both have parents that are very strict. Her mother resembles mines they both don't tolerate attitude , so me like the young girl from the joy luck club we bite our tongue and don't talk back. But most importantly me and this young girl are shaped by our mothers , we appreciate them and learn to understand they just want the best for us. Similar to the young girl sometimes I feel like running away , but later on learn that it wouldn't make a difference . I've learned like the little girl that you can't just runaway from your problems. And life is like a game of chess , you have to make smart moves .
ReplyDeleteIn the book, " The Joy Luck Club", a Chinese girl, named Waverly Jong, was expected much from her mother. In the Chinese culture, it is expected of the parents to have high expectation for their children. Jong supported her stereotype by winning games and making her mother proud. I can somewhat relate to Waverly Jong because my parent always expect the most out of me.
ReplyDeleteIn the novel, "Joy Luck Club", by Amy Tan, the character of Waverly Jong both is bound by and defies the stereotypes and expectations of Asians across the United States. Waverly grows up in a family where her siblings are all males. Due to being to only daughter, Waverly is expected to act and think a certain way, such as playing with dolls and acting as any typical young girl would, which makes it very hard for her to win her mother's support when she begins to start entering at chess competitions. As Waverly continues with winning her tournaments, her mother begins to brag about her talents and begins to put a great deal of pressure and emotional stress on the young girl. She breaks the stereotype of pleasing her parents by refusing to play chess so that her mother will stop bragging so much to the other parents.
ReplyDeleteThroughout book "Always Running" Luis is always thought of as a danger to others or a lowlife because of his ethnicity. He states a few times that every time he was in school teachers and counselors wouldn't know what to do with him. He felt unworthy of respect in society and so he turns to the gang life as a means to identify who he is because he doesn't fit in with others. His only "place" would be with the other kids in gangs or in poverty because people would judge him because he was a minority.-Laura Lopez
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ReplyDeleteIn the Joy Luck Club, Waverly's parent were very strict especially her mother. Her mother always wanted her to do the best for example after every chess tournament she always said " Win more, lose less". Waverly always explained how losing sometimes was the right thing, but the mother disapproved. Even though Waverly's parents sometimes disagree with she knows that her parents want the best for her. I can relate to Waverly because my parents always want me to do the best and sometimes I explain to them that doing a certain thing in a different way is correct. My parents just like Waverly's are strict, but they always want me to succeed in everything I do.
ReplyDeleteIn the book "Joy Luck's Club" by Amy Tan, the stereotype that is demonstrated is how in Asian cultures children are suppose to do what their parents want, but if they don't meet their parents expectations they get in trouble, or even worse they disappoint their parents. I of course do not come from the Asian culture, but their expectations and the Hispanic expectations are not so different, Hispanic parents want you to do want they want and if you cant meet their expectations you disappoint them as well. i can also relate to this book because being the youngest of three children i am expected to act a certain way, from my grades to how i live my personal life, just because i'm the youngest and i have seen the mistakes my sister have made and my parents expect me to learn from them. -Cynthia Lopez
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ReplyDeleteIn the book "Always Running" by Luis Rodriguez, Luis and his family all conform to the stereotype of a Mexican American family. They live in a very poor community with lots of drugs and violence which is expected. Luis' dad is also a janitor which goes along the stereotype of Mexicans only being able to get blue collar jobs. Luis is sick of following these stereotypes and wants to prove that he can do much more. He later on gets more active in his school work. I can relate to Luis because i too came from a family who was your stereotypical Mexican American family who came from a poor community and just like Luis did, i too am focusing in school to show that Mexicans can do more. -Luis Mendoza
ReplyDeleteIn the story, "Rules of the Game" in The Joy Luck Club, Waverley Jong's story well interprets the usual stereotype of an Asian family. Waverley is the only girl in her family with two brothers, and a strict mom. Many believe that the boys of an Asian family were to focus on school or competing and being successful, while the girl focuses on less important things, "Little girl, its been a long time since I play with dolls." However, Waverley breaks this stereotype. Once she is introduced to the game of chess, she earns her mom's pride when she begins to become successful at the game. However, her mom brags about her daughter's talent that it becomes frustrating for Waverley. As soon as Waverley earns more and more accolades, her mom starts to expect perfection. "Next time win more, lose less." I can relate to Waverley's story because something similar had occurred to me before. Once I had became good at something, my parents always wanted perfection from me.
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ReplyDeleteIn Always Running, Luis Rodriguez faces many cultural stereotypes. His hardships get tougher as the novel progresses. He is part of "El barrio" and the way of lifestyle there is different than in the city. The main stereotype he faces is the one based on his race, the Mexican-American race. Eventhough he is American, he feels as if people only see him as Mexican due to his dark skin tone. He doesn't understand why he's descriminated on, mostly when he was a child. When he took the lunch his mom gave him, he was laughed at. He can't speak English fluently at first, and that's part of this stereotype. His dad is a janitor and this is also part of the Mexican-American family stereotype. His life is full of violence and drugs, and he does get involved in these negative substances. He breaks free from all this negativity by getting involved in school clubs and departing from his gang. He actually wanted to get educated and help others. I can related to Luis by because we both are seen as the minority. He does get sucked in the bad world at first, but he then rises. Him and I both refused to get sucked by the quicksand. He at first was fragile, but now like me, we both are strong enough to help ourselves and others.
ReplyDeleteIn "Always Running" by Luis Rodriguez, the main protagonist at first fits under the stereotypical gangster. He Is violent, getting into trouble, and always disobeying the law. More towards the end of the book he fights this stereotype and changes. He Becomes president of the ToHMAS club at school, which gangsters are supposed to hate, and creates change for the betterment of his school and community. Not making it worse or more violent than it already is like a typical gangster. I relate to Luis Rodriguez in the sense that we have both been discriminated against just based on our skin color especially by the law.
ReplyDeleteIn Always Running, the main character, Luis Rodriguez is influenced by many of his friends and class mates. He eventually ends up within a gang. He states that he put on his "cholo" attire. Which in that case he puts himself within the stereotype that all cholos wear khaki pants and only button up their first button. In time Rodriguez has an epiphany and slowly breaks away from the gang life.
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In "Always Running" by Luis Rodriguez, Luis is placed in the stereotype of living the "Gang life." Him and his family had struggled since arrived to L.A. and since they were Mexicans they were constantly being discriminated by cops and many whites. This types of situations has led him to join a group of similar people, into a gang, so that they are able to protect each other. But then Luis defies this stereotype by not participating in the shootout when his gang wanted to do the planned attack on another gang. Another example of Luis defying the gang stereotype, is when his members are raping the young girls and he just walks away from it. Luis was able to grip onto his own thoughts and decided what he wanted to do for himself and I believe I was able to do things on my own.
ReplyDeleteIn the Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, Waverly Jong defies the stereotype of a young girl culture In general. She defies the one in which the girl sibling(s) are the ones who must do the cleaning up and chores, especially after the boy siblings. Once she begins doing remarkably well in he game of chess,her mom becomes proud of her only daughter. While Waverly must prepare for her next chess matches, her mom feels Waverly doing the chores would not help her win at all. Her mother wanted to keep that sense of pride her daughter brought to the family. It seems as if she wanted to avoid shame being brought the family at all costs. I can in a sense relate to Waverly and understand her pressure because my mom treated me similarly to how Waverly's mom treats her. Instead of chess being the priority, it was education. To this day I am still getting excused from doing certain chores because I have to complete homework, read, study, etc. I was the only one out of four siblings, who took summer school this past year and I got excused from most of my chores. But homework didn't always consume my time, I did want to do other things but my mother wouldn't allow it. -Arianna Garcia
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ReplyDeleteIn the story joy luck club, one of the characters ,Waverly jong represents the chain break of stereotype due to her dismissal of chores at home. While Waverly is learning chess and defeating each and every opponent her brother is the substitute for her absence. Although she has taken a new figure as a female her mother still tries manipulate her daughter at the side of the chess game. Waverly defies her mother by studying every rule and task of each piece on the board to be able to make her next move. I relate to Waverly because I've been supported by family in education but when it comes to sports my mother doesn't like the idea of physical contact so instead she tries to manipulate me to do other things that don't involve any contact at all-ashley ojeda
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ReplyDeleteIn the novel, "Always Running" it deals with numerous amounts of racism and stereotypes. One example of the these stereotypes is when Luis says that all the wrong that he has to do is be Mexican. Which means that at that time period, he was stopped and accused by authorities since he looked like he was going to cause trouble. Personally i have dealt with this when I was living in Yorba linda. Since there was only white people, when i walked into a store they always asked me to get out or they would follow me around the store. I was only 6 years old.
ReplyDeleteMr. Rodriguez has shown a great example of a person defying his stereotypical life as a gangster, Latin American, and poor. He demonstrates this by becoming active in the youth program. He becomes richer in knowledge; he regrets injuring other people and becomes a little bit more a part of the society. I can relate to this because I once knew a person who paid dearly with his life from affiliations with gangs. He died in front of his daughter.
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ReplyDeleteIn the book "The Joy Luck Club" Waverly, a awsome chinese chess player breaks the stereotype of fame. Waverly becomes the center of attention of her town and her mother is proud of her, sometimes even too proud. Waverly enjoys winning chess competitions, but gets embarrassed when her mother starts to show her off to others. Usually when people become successful, they start to like to give themselves credit for what they did by showing off. I know how Waverly feels because my mother can be just like her mother. My mother tends to like to tell everybody about my art skills, by showing them my art work, even the ones i don't feel proud of and that makes me feel uncomfortable sometimes.
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ReplyDeleten the book"The Joy Luck Club" Waverly falls under the stereotype of the oldest sibling the one who sets up the example for her younger siblings and the one who often receives more pressure from their parents and the one parents tend to over hover them. In this case Waverly her mother often sets high expectations towards her which leads her to accomplishments.
ReplyDeleteIn the novel Always Running, Luis Rodriguez falls under the gang stereotype. However, he defies this stereotype by dating a girl from a rival gang and becoming educated. Towards the end of the novel, Rodriguez becomes involved in high school and finally graduates. I can relate to this because I always strive for success
ReplyDeleteIn the novel Always Running Luis Rodriguez falls in the life of a east la gang member and for awhile conforms to the lifestyle.As he gets older though he starts to defie those stereotypes like by actually going back to school and getting educated and not being told what to do when he knew it was very wrong what they were telling to go hurt someone. I can relate to Mr.Rodriguez by just the fact of him being Mexican. Growing up as a young Mexican American woman you held to a different perspective and its up to you too change that perspective and through my life i have done my best to change that perspective and like Luis he changed how his life was viewed .
ReplyDeleteIn the novel "The Joy Luck Club" a stereotype that Waverly would fall under would be the one of the eldest sibling which in fact is one of the reasons of her achievements and success in chess and setting the "road" her siblings will undeniably be forced to follow because of the predestined road Waverly has taken.
ReplyDeleteIn the novel “Always Running Luis Rodriguez the protagonist falls under the “gangster” culture stereotype. Rodriguez defies the expectations of a “gangster” in means that a gangster would be expected to be uneducated, disrespectful, and trouble seeker. He is more of the opposite because most of the gangsters would disrespect the women but instead he has much respect for them. He as well defies these expectations because of his education; in fact graduating from high school was very shocking as we take a look at his gang life. One would assume that dropping out of school was very common for gangster during this time period, but this only shows him breaking out of the stereotype. Reading a book, on his gangster life and thinking about his gangster expectations no one would have thought a gangster could have transformed into an author. That is a main way in which he breaks a stereotype through his writing style. -Jocelyn Flores
ReplyDeleteIn "always running" Rodriguez is Mexican, and joins a gang, many gangs in fact, he leaves and joins whatever looks better, after his school being raided by a rival gang. He sees the power they hold as they sent fear into students and teachers alike. He is always the one who gets picked on, they one who gets pushed down, he wants to be the one who's on top for once. But he's not the typical gangster, and this is shown In the way he writes this story, does this book look like the writing style of a gang member? Also he doesn't really like the idea of hurting people as he sometimes tells his fellow members that what they are doing is wrong. He joined the gang for power and maybe a place to belong, but didn't read the fine print as to what makes a gangster.
ReplyDeleteFrom the book " Always Running " Luis is confronted with a problem of blue collar stereotype because his father is a janitor. That Luis wouldn't become any better than what his father is. He turns to school and works hard to not become a gangster or janitor. I can relate to his situation because as a Mexican decent raised in La Puente the stereotype is that every boy doesn't make it big or works ato McDonald's. Well as Luis I focus more on school to nothe settle for a blue collar job.
ReplyDeleteWaverly Jong deals with the stereotype of how the woman in the family represents or honors the family's pride. I can relate to that because I have to deal with the stereotype of since I am the youngest and the man of the family I represent or honor my family's pride.- Enzo Amaya
ReplyDeleteIn the book Always Running by Luis Rodriguez, one major sterotype we is how gangs in the Mexican culture started. Luis was brought into gangs because he thought it made him look cool. When in reality he was just throwing his life away, and was never going to amount to anything. At times he'd think about and regret it but it was to late. He was to far into the gang life. As a young kid Luis didn't see what was good from what was bad. This "gangster way of living" never had any good look upon it. So the main sterotype with in the book, is the typical "cholo,gangster" type.
ReplyDeleteIn the novel "Always Running", Luis Rodriguez goes over a lot of topics such as discrimination, gang life, and stereotypes. At one point in the book, Luis symbolizes the negative expectations others place on him like a jacket that continued to be put on him time and time again no matter how hard he tried to take it off. Soon enough, Luis breaks away from his negative image and makes his own path rather than the one others tried to make him follow. I compare myself to Luis because although sometimes in our lives people have made inaccurate assumptions about us, we have broken away from that expectation and have exceeded to be much better than that.
ReplyDeleteIn Always Running, Luis Rodriguez lives up to the expectation that power drives everything in life. Him living by this led him to be involved in standing up for a set and causing havoc in the streets. He comforted to this for so long it was almost impossible to get out of the lifestyle. I can relate to this because I remember not understanding the things I did with the people I was with but it always came down to earning your power. If you had power in the neighborhood you were respected, if you didn't you were stepped on.
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ReplyDeleteIn the novel, “Always Running" by Luis Rodriguez, the protagonist is categorize under the stereotype of the “gangster” culture. Luis defies the expectations of a gangster that is suppose to be uneducated, disrespectful, and to ride with the crew till death do them part. Rodriguez is more alternative to these expectation because most of the gangsters would not attend school. He expresses himself by caring for his education. In fact, graduating from high school was very shocking during that period, since mostly everyone assumed that no gangster will ever graduate. Reading this book based on his gangster expectations and life, no one would have thought that a gangster can be a somebody in life. This is one main reason in which he breaks a stereotype through his writing style about his life.
ReplyDeleteIn the novel, “Always Running" by Luis Rodriguez, the protagonist is categorize under the stereotype of the “gangster” culture. Luis defies the expectations of a gangster that is suppose to be uneducated, disrespectful, and to ride with the crew till death do them part. Rodriguez is more alternative to these expectation because most of the gangsters would not attend school. He expresses himself by caring for his education. In fact, graduating from high school was very shocking during that period, since mostly everyone assumed that no gangster will ever graduate. Reading this book based on his gangster expectations and life, no one would have thought that a gangster can be a somebody in life. This is one main reason in which he breaks a stereotype through his writing style about his life.
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In Always Running, Luis Rodriguez maintains his loyalty to everyone in Las Lomas later on into the book. When he is confronted with the decision to partake in the final act of gang violence, he chooses to stay out which causes him to be an outcast to the gang culture. I can relate to this because i also defied the path i was heading toward instead of being dragged down with everyone else. As my result, I was left alone by myself as everyone i called a friend started dropping out to credit recovery schools. Now, I'm here.
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In Always Running, Luis Rodriguez maintains his loyalty to everyone in Las Lomas later on into the book. When he is confronted with the decision to partake in the final act of gang violence, he chooses to stay out which causes him to be an outcast to the gang culture. I can relate to this because i also defied the path i was heading toward instead of being dragged down with everyone else. As my result, I was left alone by myself as everyone i called a friend started dropping out to credit recovery schools. Now, I'm here.
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A cultural stereotype that stood out to me in Always Running" was the fact that cops automatically thought that he was a criminal because he is mexican. This is the "colored minority criminal" sterotype. For example, in the diner scene where he gets caught when trying to dine and dash, the sheriff known as cowboy tries to convince the owner of the notoriety of brown people. Rodriguez throughout the book, does conform to this sterotype as he does in fact commit crimes and is arrested several times. However he slowly begins to move away from that towards the end of the book. He ends up defying the sterotype by the end of the book.
ReplyDeleteA cultural stereotype that stood out to me in Always Running" was the fact that cops automatically thought that he was a criminal because he is mexican. This is the "colored minority criminal" sterotype. For example, in the diner scene where he gets caught when trying to dine and dash, the sheriff known as cowboy tries to convince the owner of the notoriety of brown people. Rodriguez throughout the book, does conform to this sterotype as he does in fact commit crimes and is arrested several times. However he slowly begins to move away from that towards the end of the book. He ends up defying the sterotype by the end of the book.
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