Besides the war with the country, he also had to see when his father physically abuse his mother, one night her mom was feeding him when his father arrived from work and because she did not have the food warm up for him he got all upset and started to yell at her. Moreover, his father hit her mother in the face caused her a purple mark, immediately she took Diego under the table because she was afraid to harm him. I related to Angela Morales essay “Gunsglinging” when she said, “I’d say, in my flat, ugly voice, “My dad is beating up my mom.” (pg.37). he felt frustrated and impotent to not be able to help his mother in that situation and until today he asked himself how a man can be capable to harm a women
Furthermore, the situation with her