“The idea of ‘otherness’ is central to sociological analysis of how majority and minority identities are constructed. This is because the representation of different groups within any given society is controlled by groups that have greater political power. In order to understand the notion of “The Other,” sociologists first seek to put a critical spotlight on the ways in which social identities are constructed. Identities are often thought as being natural or innate – something that we are born with – but sociologists highlight that this taken-for-granted view is not true” (othersociologists.com). In Frankenstein, Shelley represents Victor as someone who comes from a higher class family, and took advantage of that along with the knowledge …show more content…
In the beginning of the story, in the chapter College Bound, Jimenez introduces how close he was with his family, especially with his brother Roberto, and he found it difficult parting ways from them after making the decision to go to college. Besides having to deal with a day-to-day struggle of trying to survive because he was not raised into a wealthy family. Both his mother and his father struggled to put a roof over their heads, and Jimenez could live like that any longer. He chose to get himself an education, so he can get a well-paid career. Jimenez is the first in his family to attend college, and since he never received the education he deserved as a child it was difficult for him to make ends meet in his classes. Jimenez found it difficult to transition from the comfort of Santa Maria High School to Santa Clara University. The faculty and students judged him by his skin tone, the way he spoke, and his family background. Accommodating to his class work proved to be more challenging for Jimenez as he stayed up all night preparing for exams with no faith in becoming successful in college. On top of the struggle with school, Jimenez took on about four jobs to pay for schooling, and to give his family some money to help them. Other than facing the obstacle with school and work, Francisco’s father seems to be distancing himself from his family now. For instance, he became upset with Francisco when he corrected his Spanish, and assumed Francisco thought he was better than his own