Pg 79 "A bullet ripped through the air i had been occupying just seconds earlier,I encountered the ground, then took off like a desert rabbit, De volada"
At this point in the book is clear that Luis has completely fallen into this life. The author uses cross coding a lot to change from language to language to give it a type of colloquialism and how the the hood or the "barrio" people spoke and did things. Since i am Mexican myself a lot of their slang is pretty recognizable and if not i figure it out pretty quickly. The slang they use is very simple and the words that are used are just to shorten up certain language phrases , for example instead of saying "Nicknames" they'll say "plaquas." The use of these names and phrases built a whole new culture and language around these people, the barrio people. Luis Rodriguez does a great way of properly portraying the chicano way of life, everyone has each others back , because normally those who don't will not take a second to even think about not hurting you.
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