PLOT:
Erick’s mom, a Mexican, is so pretty that men try to lure her by talking to her and Erick, an 11-year-old boy. She is invited to a wealthy family with Eric, but they are so rich that she is overwhelmed and wants to go back home, a poverty stricken, weird place in Mexico.
One day, a man named Rock comes to her. He is obedient to and adores her. Erick calls him Uncle Rock, because he already has “Dad,” an engineer. Rock takes Erick and his mom to Dodgers Stadium, where Erick catches a home run ball. One of the baseball players collects all the signs and gives it to Erick with a note to lure her. Eric threw the note on a parking lot.
COMMENTS:
This is only a three-page story, but depicts Erick’s psychology well: his feelings about Mom, God, Albert. He loves Mom. He believes in God. He thinks he doesn’t need a superficial friend like Albert.
In the end of the story, Erick wants Uncle Rock to continue to be his “uncle” because he is a good man, and adores his mom. So Erick throws away the love-note.
In the beginning of the story, Erick is described as a naïve, obedient boy, but at the end, he becomes an independent Big Man who can deal with the note to his benefit by himself.
2010年6月9日水曜日
UNCLE ROCK by Dagoberto Gilb (New Yorker, May 10, 2010)
PLOT:
Erick’s mom, a Mexican, is so pretty that men try to lure her by talking to her and Erick, an 11-year-old boy. She is invited to a wealthy family with Eric, but they are so rich that she is overwhelmed and wants to go back home, a poverty stricken, weird place in Mexico.
One day, a man named Rock comes to her. He is obedient to and adores her. Erick calls him Uncle Rock, because he already has “Dad,” an engineer. Rock takes Erick and his mom to Dodgers Stadium, where Erick catches a home run ball. One of the baseball players collects all the signs and gives it to Erick with a note to lure her. Eric threw the note on a parking lot.
COMMENTS:
This is only a three-page story, but depicts Erick’s psychology well: his feelings about Mom, God, Albert. He loves Mom. He believes in God. He thinks he doesn’t need a superficial friend like Albert.
In the end of the story, Erick wants Uncle Rock to continue to be his “uncle” because he is a good man, and adores his mom. So Erick throws away the love-note.
In the beginning of the story, Erick is described as a naïve, obedient boy, but at the end, he becomes an independent Big Man who can deal with the note to his benefit by himself.
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