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The Fender Bender Analysis

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In Ramon “Tiangus” Perez personal essay the“The Fender-Bender” he writes about two distinct characters, An Anglo driver and a Chicano cop; although they both express the emotion anger and both want to resolve the Fender-bender, the Chicano marks their differences in personalities as he is a prejudice and is wicked as compared to the reasonable and non prejudice. In the moment that Perez puts his car on reverse he accidentally rear ends the company van of the Anglo-Saxon. As the Anglo gets out to see the damage on the van he directs his anger towards Perez and asks him for his license, in which Perez responds with he doesn't have it. His reaction, as stated by Perez, “He scratches his head. He is breathing heavily with fury” (176). The Anglo …show more content…

Another similarity between the Anglo and the Chicano Cop is that they both want to resolve the Fender-Bender. Perez offered to pay for the damages to the van, the Anglo then explains to Perez, ‘This car isn’t mine...It belongs to the company I work for. I’m sorry, but I’ve got to report this to the police, so that I don’t have to pay for the damage’ (qtd in Perez 176). The Anglo just wants the police report to show his employers he was not at fault and they wouldn’t charge him for the damages, even though he feels pity for Perez, this is the best way to resolve the Fender-Bender. The Chicano cop, on the other hand, believes that the proper way to resolve the Fender-Bender is to punish Perez. As Perez states, “I hear the cop tell the Anglo that If he wants, he can file charges against” (177). The Chicano thinks that charging Perez, or sending him to jail, will resolve everything, he heavily insists on punishing Perez. The Chicano keeps on insisting on ways to punish Perez as far as saying ‘If you’d rather, we can report him to immigration’ (qtd in Perez 178). But the Anglo rejects his offerand is more reasonable and just insists on the the incident

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