Looking For Work Gary Soto

Gary soto s looking for work in rereading america tells the story of himself as a 9 year old hispanic child who wants his family to be more like the traditional nuclear family that he sees on tv.

Looking for work gary soto.

Gary soto s looking for work gary soto s looking for work gary soto is a professor of english at uc berkeley. Gary comes from a non nuclear mexican american family that although they seem to have a good connection towards each other they are not as supportive to one another. Soto was a young people s ambassador for the united farm workers of america introducing young people to the organization s work and goals. His early failure reminds us that american families are complicated.

Looking for work a reader s response. For weeks i had drunk kool aid and watched morning reruns of father knows best whose family was so. Summary looking for work by gary soto is a narration of a nine year old boy gary who is a mexican american who wants to become wealthy. English 110124th march 2020 looking for work by gary sotowhy is the narrator attracted to the kind of family life depicted on television.

This story takes place in the industrial side of fresno. Looking for work appeared in living up the street. Looking for work by gary soto analysis gary is a nine year old who had a different perspective of a normal life. He did a few errands and earns about a quarter.

He wants to be the family he sees on tv so that they can blend with otheramerican families. Gary soto s reflections on his childhood efforts of improving his working class family are humorous and entertaining yet show the flaws in the era of the family. Looking for work by gary soto. Gary soto s looking for work one july while killing ants on the kitchen sink with a rolled newspaper i had a nine year old s vision of wealth that would save us from ourselves.

He grew up in fresno california and has published several volumes of poetry as well as essays and prose memoirs. Soto lives in northern california dividing his time between berkeley and fresno but is no longer teaching. The narrator is attracted to the television because it seems to be his main source ofentertainment.