Looking For Work

Reading through Gary Soto's story " Looking For Work" we find an eight year old boy that has a desire to have the perfect family. He goes on to talk about how he wanted his family to come to the dinner table dressed nice, but his siblings would come dressed otherwise. He would go around his neighborhood looking for work to make money, and attempt to become rich. He was a very giving, and humble boy. The one thing that I noticed in this story is when his mother basically says that the white people do not like them. This is sad because there are so many kids that have a tough time in life because of the racial hatred that their families teach them. In the end we are all the same. This is a concept that most people will not grasp. I admire the way this little boy just kept trying. I like at the end when his mother tells him to go back outside because it is still daylight. The little boy goes outside and decides there is enough daylight to look for work. If we all had this type of attitude, we would probably be a little better off.