Eric Reyes Discussion 6

A childhood experience that I had and it’s echoed to the story “The House on Mango Street” dates back to my elementary days. His name was Mario, a non speaking English student. I remember the first day he stepped foot in my class, he was greeted first by our teacher who later introduced him to the whole class. First week went by and Mario would get picked on and laughed on for being so different from the majority of our class. I was one of the first kids who went up to him and spoke to him since I was able to speak Spanish somewhat. From that moment we got close and he would tell me many things he and his family were going through since arriving in the USA.From his parents being scared of the police. His parents  unable to find a job and them living in a tight room with some strangers. I remember going home and telling my parents about my new friend and how different his life was from mine. The summer was approaching just one month and a half before we had our long summer break. One day Mario misses class for a week. He comes back the following week and explains to me that his father had been deported for some reason he didn’t want to tell me. Mario told me that it was going to be his last week in school since they were moving to California ( his mother and him) to live with the family they had over there. The week ended and that was the last time I ever heard or saw Mario. This core memory reminded me so much of the story “ The House on Mango Street” since they had their similarities with discrimination being one of the biggest comparisons.