"They finally let my brother go and he slid to the ground, like a rotten banana squeezed out of its peeling. They threw us back over the tracks. In the sunset I could see the Watts Towers, shimmers of 70,000 pieces of broken bottles, sea shells, ceramic and metal on spiraling points puncturing the heavens, which reflected back the rays of a falling sun." (Rodriguez 2)
Luis
Slayt: 2
"Up until then my brother had never shown any emotion to me other than disdain. He had never asked me anything, unless it was a demand, an expectation, an obligation to be his throwaway boy-doll. But for this once he looked at me, tears welled in his eyes, blood streamed from several cuts, lips and cheeks swollen." (Rodriguez 2)
Luis witnesses his brother who has a reputation of being tough crying.
Slayt: 3
Luis learns that emotional resilience is key to enduring their environment.
“Swear—you got to swear—you’ll never tell anybody how I cried,”
"I suppose I did promise. It was his one last thing to hold onto, his rep as someone who could take a belt whipping, who could take a beating in the neighborhood and still go back risking more—it was this pathetic plea from the pavement I remember. I must have promised." (Rodriguez 2)
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