The Character Analysis Of Uncle Rock By Dagoberto Gilb

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Sherry Girgis
English 125
Laura Casal
02/26/18
Change is always the most difficult thing to adjust to. The Story “Uncle Rock” by Dagoberto Gilb is about the life of an eleven years old boy named Erick who through his actions shows his disapproval of the countless men that are constantly in and out of his attractive mother’s life. The men his mother always goes out with are the rich men wearing uniforms or jackets with company logos and luxurious cars. After watching numerous relationships fail, Eric finally decides to settle and accept the unpleasant man his mother chose to be with.
Adapting to the major life changing decision made by family members impacts life more than an individual lets on. Erick starts off very unpleasant to all the …show more content…

Erick didn’t need a friend like him.” (Gilb 2) Erick found himself without any friends and without a father. Erick’s mother is the only family he has left and having her going out with men and feeling somewhat ashamed of him leaves him feeling abandoned. Now Erick is left in a foreign country with no father figure but his mom’s numerous dates. Getting used to something like this isn’t easy but his mother finally meets this engineer that Erick decides to finally accept in his life. Erick isn't a very social person and even though he uses his accent as an excuse there’s more to it. So when they eventually get invited to the engineer’s house and Erick sees the full view of the house with the two horses and a stable, a swimming pool and two convertibles in his driveway, he almost feels intimidated. While sitting around the dinner table, everyone around him is talking and trying to make conversation while Erick isolated himself and “was silent, chewing quietly, taking the smallest bites, because he didn’t want them to think he liked their food”(Gilb 3). However When his mom got fired, her and the engineer separated. Erick would’ve brushed it off and acted like her did with everyone else that came in and out of his mother’s life if it was for what he told

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