This scene is pretty simple to understand, Henry is in the prison and el Pachuco is just trying to bring down Henry's hope of freedom. The only part that I am not liking is that El Pachuco is trying to bring down Henry's hopes of freedom. Henry before was listening to El Pachucho but now that he wants freedom, he has stopped listenning to El pachuco and because of this El Pachucho seems to be trying harder to take away Henry's want of freedom.
Henry: (directed to el Pachuco, pg. 77)" I miss them, ese...my jefitos, my carnalillo, my sis...I miss Della." "There's still a chance I''ll get out."
When a person has a desire of freedom, a desire to get out of jail either through desire to see family, friends or loved ones, a change of ways can occur. By Henry saying these words, it sounds that he wants to change his life, he wants to be a free man and be able to see his girlfriends and family, and in order to not have this happen again, it sounds like Henry will leave the Pachucos' ways and whatever bad life style he has been living, he will be a "good" boy now.
Question: Why do you believe that El Pachuco tries to bring down Henry's hopes for freedom?
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Hi Angel:
ReplyDeleteIn response to this question... If we are to understand that the Pachuco represents a "side" of Henry, isn't it possible that el Pachuco represents that part of us that is negative? Don't we all have doubts within ourselves? Sometimes the harshest critic is oneself. The Pachuco is so interesting because he is somewhat fiery, as well, motivating and pushing Henry to stand for himself and his people. And yet, as the play progresses, el Pachuco becomes increasingly fatalistic. This may be a commentary about human nature and psychology, or it may be a comment on "pachucos" themselves. What do you think?
I don't think that El Pachuco is trying to bring Henry's hope of freedom down in a way yeah u can say because he is contradicting everything Henry says and putting him down but is he maybe trying to protect him of the reality thats going on. Trying to show him that even though he does get out of jail he won't be free because he has to deal with the white man. He will still be like a cage animal because he won't be able to be himself his fullself because the pachuco inside him will all ways be caged up.
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