JE#6

            My list goes as follows for the Angel family:

·      Mama Chona 8

·      Angie 5

·      Felix 4

·      Miguel Grande 8

·      Juanita 4

·      Lola 6

·      JoEl 6

·      Nina 4

·      Lena 1

I gave Mama Chona an 8 because she is suffering from cultural schizophrenia badly. She does not like Indians and resents people that look Indian within the family; she also does not like to get her skin dark, least she looks like Indians.

I gave Angie a 3 because she doesn’t really show signs of cultural schizophrenia. She does show signs of being in touch with the after-life, which may or may not be a sign that she is suffering from historical amnesia.

I gave Felix a 5 because he suffers from a colonized mindset from being with other men. He went as far as to not sleep with his wife anymore in exchange for sleeping with his son. I do believe him to be full on gay, but he does not suffer too much because he has a lot of venues of release for his sexuality.

I gave Miguel Grande a 7 because he is very sexist. He would rather put his own emotions in the place of his wife’s. He feels entitled to have two women as opposed to one and does to by cheating on his wife. Although his consciousness eventually catches up to him, he does it never the less. He is also homophobic by telling his son that he should not dress up in skirts for being a joto.

Miguel Chico would be a 4 on my list because he learns to dislike the family and everything associated with them. He does the best out of all his cousins to become assimilated by going to college and living in San Francisco.

Juanita is a character that I would give a 3 to because she is a loving wife. She is the epitome of a wife and what a good wife should be. Although I do have issue with her docility, she is nevertheless a great mother and above all a good friend.

Lola is one that I would give a 5 to because of her historical amnesia. She is easy to forget her husband and immediately goes for her best friend’s husband. She is sinister in that she works people in her favor and I would see her as a tempting-like character.

I would give JoEl a 6 because he suffers from nightmares and dreams. He undergoes a lot of pain from his father’s death and attempts to see him and tell him that he loves him very much.

Nina is a character that I’d give a 4 to because she is the caregiver of the children and attempts to teach them only English.

As for Lana I would give her 1 because she is not docile and does not conforms to society. She is part of a band and hangs out with pachucos.