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Analyzing Ernesto Galarza's 'Barrio Boy'

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In the non-fiction short story “Barrio Boy” by Ernesto Galarza, is about a boy who is a Mexican immigrant, and his journey through the public school system. First, Galarza proves this when Ernesto enters Mrs. Hopleys office and has to pull out his last report card from his old school in Mexico, he also mentions his mother's name Henriqueta which is a Mexican name. The writer also articulates Ernesto learning english with Mrs. Ryan and how he struggles to enunciate words in english. In addition, he points out that on the playground the children spoke their indigenous language, saying insults like womp, chink, dago, or a greaser. Moreover, he emphasizes that he graduated the first grade with honors and continued to do so, he astounded his third
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