Summary Of Like Mexicans By Gary Soto

In the article, “Like Mexicans,” by Gary Soto explained to us how his grandmother gave him bad advice on becoming a barber and good advice on how he should marry a Mexican girl. His grandmother said don’t make the same mistake that her son did marrying an Okies who wasn’t Mexican, black, or Asian. His grandmother addressed him on how she must know how to cook, act like a women not a man, and the third she will tell him when his older on purity of how a Mexican girl should be. He even asked his mother’s advice on whether he should become a barber and marry a Mexican girl. His mom said barbers make good money and if you find a good Mexican girl, marry her of course. Later that day he saw his friend Scott. They talked about whom they would marry.

They both came from different ethnic group, but they have same values like to marry, get jobs, and buy cars and maybe a house. However, the women he married was not Mexican, but she was Japanese. He was shocked that he married a Japanese girl because he had a vision of a typical Mexican girl wearing a white dress and dancing. However, when he was twenty he fell in love with another girl that worried his mother, who had his grandmother asking to see the calendar of the Important Races of the World. He was in love and he had no doubts about that. When Gary told his mom his mom wasn’t totally supportive of Gary because she would countlessly say marry a Mexican girl. Gary heard that everywhere and he started self-doubting himself and whether to marry her or no. Later Gary realized that his mom was saying that he should marry someone in their own class as in a poor girl. Then Gary started worrying if he was good enough for the girl. He could not stop thinking about it until Carolyn took Gary home to meet the family. As they approach in front of the house Gary noticed that their house is no different than