Tattooed Soldier 1-130
Meredith Anderson, Judy Hooymans, Jessica Lukasik, David Parker, Jordan Keith
“The Tattooed Soldier was born from my experiences as the son of Guatemalan
immigrants, and as a young reporter assigned to cover the impoverished
neighborhoods of central Los Angeles.”
- Hector Tobar
Civil War
1960 - 1996
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Plot Summary
Character Analysis
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Antonio Bernal
“You are making me homeless,”
Antonio told the manager. –pg 5
The men in Antonio’s family
had a genetic propensity to
bouts of rage. –pg 44
Antonio in
Antonio in
The effort seemed pointless,
like building a wall
Guatemala
Los Angeles
of sand to stop the sea. And he would have
nothing to show for it but the degrading memory
of having waited in line… pg. 39
Los Angeles was the problem. –pg 3
Elena Sosa
…she brought home
revolutionary leaflets and
left
Revolution
them scattered around the
house… -pg. 84
“I read it every day. It’s the most
practical
Education thing anyone’s ever given me. I
really do treasure it.” –pg 85
Elena before
Elena after
just walk a little more,”
move“Let’s
move
Elena said. –pg 130
Determination
Elena
Guillermo Longoria
“I know what you’re like, Guillermo. Don’t
wander around the market and don’t get
Longoria had first come to this park on
into any trouble.” –pg. 33
weekend
mornings
to job.It–pg.
57 the
“Don’t play with
yourselves,
soldiers.
weakens
spirit. Think like warriors, not like faggots… There
will
be no ‘self-service’ in the barracks.” –pg. 33
Guillermo turned around and
saw
soldiers spilling through the doors Longoria left Reginalda on the bed and
that led to the lobby. –pg. 35
went into the bathroom, where he pulled a
three-foot stretch of toilet paper from the
dispenser and wrapped it around the
condom. –pg. 33
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What passages struck you as having
the most emotional depth?
Why is emotion central to the
development of the characters?
~ It tells us why the do the things they do
~ It explains their reactions to things
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