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Character Analysis Of Luis In Catch The Moon
In "Catch the Moon", Luis, the main character, changes throughout the short story. Luis is a male student at Central High and has been in trouble ever since he started attending the high school. After his mother's death, Luis organized a "social group." The group's members were mainly high school age guys who found amusement from harassing the local authorities. His social group lead him to take part in activities that he wouldn't have before his mother past away. For example, the group broke into a house and Luis was sent to juvenile hall for six months. After returning home he had to work for his dad for six months. His dad's business is called "..........." At the beginning of his six months working for his dad, !!!!!he wished he would have served his whole term at juvenile hall!!!!! Luis realized that he became distant from his dad …show more content…
After his mother's death, Luis became distant from his father. Jing-mei was angry at her mother and wanted nothing to do with her mother's goal of fame. They rebelled in different ways: Luis started his "social group" while Jing-mei refused to give effort towards her mother's goals. Though their situations were different, they both felt that they had disappointed their parents. Luis wanted to rebuild his relationship with his dad while Jing-mei wanted to escape her mother's persistency. At the end of both stories, the children realize that their parents only wanted the best for them. Luis showed this when he willingly looked through the pile of hubcaps to find the specific one for Naomi's Volkswagen. When Jing-mei grew older and after her mother past away, she found two pieces of music she had played before and realized that they were two parts of the same song. Their names were, "!!!!!insert song here!!!!!" and "!!!!!insert song here!!!!!" This represented Jing-mei's understanding of her mother's

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