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Short Story Of Giving The Opportunity: Jose Garcia

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Giving The Opportunity There he was, staring at his Mother, and Father working hard to give to their children. Little did young Jose know that his family was working illegally for a slave owner. Indeed the slave owner treated his relatives harsh. They worked for hours straight, and earned little money or care. Jose did not like the fact that his family were working so hard just for a few pounds of food. Growing over the years Jose Garcia still loved the fact that he enjoyed Knights. Although there were not many actual Knights in Santa Fe, where Jose lived, he still wanted to travel somewhere where his imagination came true. The young kid wanted to see an actual Knight. All he had was a toy Knight that gave him hope. Year after year Jose slowly realized that slavery needed to end in his state in Santa Fe. He was done. To many citizens and friends were losing money, family, and most importantly freedom. In order to …show more content…

That day Jose was behind. He didn't know what to expect.Still after the Government corrupted because of the war, they did not release Jose’s people. They only wanted the young Knight. Jose thought to himself, ‘’I failed already’’, ‘’I let my people down’’ The Knight gave up. He turned himself in order to free his people. MexoKnight didn't have any hopes for confidence left in him. After the news was released SantaFe was angry. They had their leader, MexoKnight and many more imprisoned. The people began a riot. This riots made the Government seem inadequate, and horrible. These actions spread in the news, and the world. The Government finally realized what they did was wrong. They decided to free MexoKnight and the rest of the slaves. The state was glad, that their hero was released. MexoKnight was congratulated and best of all he seen his family, that was lost forever in slavery. Jose said, ‘’Mother, Father, Brother, and

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