Danny Santiagos Famous All Over Town :: Famous All Over Town

Danny Santiagos Famous alone Over Town When I was little I remember driving across country, going to Florida, and historical neighborhoods that were anything but mine. They had old houses that looked like they were going to f all down any minute, real trashy looking. In Colorado, my house was nice and always kept up. I sat in the car wondering what kind of people lived in those run down places and what they were like. The answers came to me years later when I read the book, Famous All Over Town, by Danny Santiago. The main character, Chato, is a young Hispanic boy living in a neighborhood like the ones I saw when I was little. After reading the book, although I never thought I would take away anything in common with people who lived like that, I learned that Chato and I substantiate do have similarities, but we have more differences. There arent very many similarities between Chato and I, but there is one, and its a big one. We both have families that love us. Lena, Chatos sist er takes care of him after he gets home from the hospital. Then he begins to think about his family and how glad he is to be home. Lena loved me, my milliampere loved me, and my father loved me, it seemed (45). All of Chatos family loves him and he loves being with them. In my house, you would find the same kind of environment and I can relate to some of Chatos family life. However, Chatos family is not always nice to him. His family has many problems, such as everyone keeping secrets from each other and everyone lieing to each other. For example, Chatos father is having an affair and everyone knows about it, but they all keep it from Chato. When he finds out he is very mad at himself and things he is dumb for not knowing, while everyone else does. She knew, they knew, the whole damn town knew, that only dumb, stupid me (l46). In my family, however, everyone is honest and you would never see anyone keeping something that important from the others. Another example of how Chatos fa mily is different, is shown when Chato is having a bellyache and his father things that he is faking it. He tells him, Shut-up, crybaby-coward (26). His father is not being very nice to him because he is sick.