have the flotill” (153). This statement proves how displeased Juan is overJesus’ situation. Juan felt as though he was loosing his son and everything he had workedso hard for. Juan continues by saying, “You are my son, and I love you. Do not havedisappointment. I am not of the flotill. seeing the machines would make it worse. Youunderstand Nino?” (153). By saying this Juan is once again showing his depression anddisappointment. Juan is so sad at the situation that he can not even go and see the flotill. It kills Juan to know that his son has derailed from everything he has taught him. Jesus promises to earn money to buy a red car and go visit Juan, it reminds him ofhimself and how he too was once young and naive like Jesus. Juan sees himself in Jesusand he does not want Jesus to commit the same mistakes that he did. He remembers whenhe too saved up money to buy a car when he was younger.In order to understand the reason why Juan was depressed over his sons situationyou must first examine his life. Juan Sanches grew up in a village in Mexico. He lived in asmall house made of clay and he had a pretty hard life. His parents died when he wasyoung and he was left to be taken care of by his aunt until he was sixteen. When he wasseventeen he moved to the Mexicali because he wanted to go to America in search ofmoney. He worked in the fields for many years. While working in the fields one day hemet his future wife and mother of Jesus, La Belleza, which means “The Beauty” inSpanish. They soon married. A year after they married La Belleza was pregnant with ababy girl. She was born stillborn and the pregnancy almost killed La Belleza. Theirdoctor warned them not to get pregnant again or La Belleza would die. Juan wanted tomove away from his native land, the land that he believed “killed so many of his people” -2-(154). Juan always had hopes of moving to the California Mounta...
