reading response on The Secret life of Sonia Rodriguez

      For the past week I`ve been reading the book The Secret Life of Sonia Rodriguez by Allan Lawrence Sitomer. This book describes the life style of a Mexican family. The protagonist of the story is Sonia is a student in high school who always has to help her pregnant mother, take care of her little brother and watch out for her drunkel. She does this for her father; the main man in her life. In the future she hopes to make her family and father proud; her ambition is to be the first one in her family to graduate from high school. She does this all for her familia; the people she cant live with out.

     Coming home from a long day in school could make anyone tired. For Sonia she has to brush off all the stess and keep going for the rest of the day. The first thing Sonia here`s when she walks into her house is "Sonia........ Ayudame". It`s always Sonia`s job attend her mothers needs after all her mother is pregnant again with twins. Being the only helping hand in the house Sonia is responsible for all the things in the house. This is why Sonia is always doing stuff for her familia first she always comes last.

     Although  familia does come first sometimes you have to do things for your self. This is hard for Sonia to admit to her mother. Doing things for familia is usually what keeps up until 12:00 starting homework but one day she had to tell her mother no: " Sonia  cuando vayas al mercado, no te olvides traer ..." " No!" I said before she finished her sentence. " Como? cuando vayas al mercado..." " I said, No, I have homework". For the first time Sonia stuck up for her self and her mom didn`t understand, in fact her mother ignored her because she was thinking about what she wanted and didn`t pay attention to Sonia. Sonia didn`t mean to be rude to her mother but for once to be doing something for her self. Her mother isn`t really aware of Sonia`s goal in life. Sonia really wants to be the first one in her family to graduate from high school and her mother doesn`t really understand, but her father does. He knows what is is to struggle, after all ge is illegal and for this reason is why Sonia wants to take time out to do homework.

    Being the only helpful one can be good and bad. For Sonia it`s mostly bad and she struggles to make it easy. From helping mom to her four brothers and her drunkle Sonia seems to manage it all. Doing homework is her priority and helping others is secondary but after all it`s familia. Though some may not understand luckily one person does and he is one of the main reasons Sonia`s struggle is worth it.