What Happens To The Land And Papi's House In Mexico Case Study

1. What happens to the land and Papi’s house in Mexico, and what effects does this have on him?

Papi had lost both his house and land in Mexico after Abuela Evila had taken “ill and frail” (p.239) and Tia Emperatriz had managed to get Abuela’s signature on the deed of the property, which included both the land and Papi’s dream house. According to Tia Emperatriz, Papi did not need the house as he already was living in a “beautiful country” (p.239) and as he already had too much. Papi had wanted to speak better English and had wanted to move his family into a better neighborhood and had decided to enroll into adult school for evening class in order to reach his goal, however, after the incident with Tia Emperatriz, Papi stated “I’ve never felt

After graduating from high school, “she was no longer concerned about being the “best and brightest” in her classes at Waterson College” (p.259). Mago went out with her friends to clubs and parties. Regardless of Mago’s new attitude towards life, she still remained as a motherly figure to both Reyna and Carlos; she threw Reyna a Quinceanera and bought Carlos a graduation ring to commemorate his accomplishments as their father was unable to do so. Eventually, Mago decided to move out of her father’s house to an apartment with her boyfriend, Victor, has a baby boy with.

5. What happens to Betty?

Unlike Papi, Juana did not put much emphasis on education for her kids; she would often pull out both Betty and Leonardo out of school to visit Mexico and as a results of their poor education, both Betty and Leonardo hardly spoke a word of English despite being an American born. Due to Mami’s unhealthy eating habits and parenting style, Betty grew up to be overweight and eventually becomes involved in gangs and ends up as a teenage mother.

6. Tell the colleges that Reyna