"MY RIDE, MY REVOLUTION"

My teacher's string of personal narratives continued as we read Luis J. Rodriguez's "My Ride, My Revolution" from her book of stories titled The Republic of East L.A. In the story we learn that the author has a limo because of his current job. The narrator then begins to describe himself and we learn that he lives in a bad neighborhood, is Mexican and Indian, and can never hold a job for a long period of time. He also only holds jobs where he can think, listen to music, read a book and "check out every mole and pimple of the city" (Rodriguez, 2). This is why he enjoys his current job. We additionally learn that because he brings the limo home one day he become a big hit. The limo "is an extra seventy one inches of curved metal-and-glass epiphany--creamy white, tinted windows, and dark grey leather interior" (3). The people of his neighborhood admire it and have a respect for him because of it. However, the author realizes this is temporary. As he tells his story, the narrator sidetracks and reveals other parts of his life to us. In a way, he mixes mini-stories or sagas into his main tale.

His story structure is interesting and I believe I will try to model my own narrative after his style. The story relates to my film class because we see the authour create his own personal myth, which I am required to write for myself.