Rodriguez was a gang member that had got in many dangerous activities when he was younger, but now wanted to run for governor of California. He like esperanza a girl from House on Mango street, came from a rugged and bad life. He grew up in the hood as for esperanza grew up in a hood like neighborhood also. He never thought he will be able to become something greater because he grew up in a life of poverty. Rodriguez & Esperanza both become authors because they didn’t want to be apart the statistics that most latinos never become anything but criminals, field workers or just bad people in society. Rodriguez is running against jerry brown for governor because he wants to help people in poverty and give them a full view of life rather than what they experience everyday. He wants to add bookstores, art galleries, cultural places so kids can stop all the violence. This essay is going to explain why poverty doesn’t just mean your going to prisons, not get a job or don’t be anything in life like Rodriguez claims but tell you there is much more around the belt. …show more content…
Rodriguez mindset is poverty equals bad life and prison time. He doesn’t think of the pros in being poor just the cons. He found transformation through poetry and writing but doesn’t think everybody else can do that. Most poverty driven people end up in prison so he’s going off statistics. Also there’s many athletes and wealthy people that came from poor lives when they were younger but that never stopped them from becoming what they desired to be in their lives.Esperanza is a great example because she was not going to be like the people she knew when she was younger she wanted to become greater so she drove towards that and became an