Barrio Boy (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Ernesto Galarza
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Setting: Mexico and California
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Teenagers, Revolutions, Autobiography, 1910’s, 1920’s, Poverty or poor people, Immigration or emigration, Multiculturalism, Mexican Americans, Mexico or Mexicans, Latinos
- Locales: Mexico, Sacramento, CA
Characters Discussed
Ernesto Galarza (ehr-NEHS-toh gah-LAHR-zah), a child of single mother, Doña Henriqueta, who moves him from place to place to avoid the Mexican Revolution but, nevertheless, manages to give him a sense of security. Ernesto’s earliest memories are of Jalcocotán (Jalco), a Mexican village where he, his mother, and his mother’s brothers, José and Gustavo, moved after her divorce. the four move in with their Lopez relatives. As a toddler, Ernesto learns the importance of work by running errands and looking after the family’s chickens. When armed...
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