Is The Theme Of The Story It's That It Hurts By Thomas Rivera

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In the short story “It’s That It Hurts” by Tomas Rivera, the main character (who isn’t named) is sad because he has no friends and has no time to make friends. This is because his parents are migrant workers, therefore he is always moving. On line 11 the boy says that “It’s always the same in these schools in the North,” inferring that he has been to multiple schools. He is always changing schools, so he has no time to make lasting friends. Therefore, he would be sad if he had no one to, for example, hang out with on weekends. The boy is also bullied at school often and has trouble making friends as a cause of this. On lines 56 to 61, the boy says that he “Didn’t like that gringo, right off. This one didn’t laugh at me. He’d just stare and