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The Moons Navel
Raul is seen ashamed and not happy to be identified as a Mexican by Dan in the Museum. He describes his original land as a place where people who are close to giving up in life live. He sees himself as trash where he brings little or no benefit to the society. Evidence which shows exactly that Raul is against his heritage is the fact that he hates how some people pronounce his name (Ruz, 443). He completely hates the Spanish accent which most of the people use while uttering his name, ignoring the fact that most of the people who surround him speak the same language. Spanish accent, which he describes it as unpleasant to him makes him loose interest in learning the language, where he openly claims that he does not know how to communicate in Spanish. Hiding the fact that he is a Mexican simply describes his hatred for his own land, where he describes his home as a place where people who fail go to live with no struggle in their life. He calls his home a place for useless people, who have failed to achieve any goal in their entire lives.
According to Raul, reaching a certain age gives an individual the right to make decisions which directly concern their lives (Wise, 32). At that age, any person should be able to make conclusions on ideas concerning their lives by basing their decisions with what they love or feel comfortable doing. Being a gay proved to Raul that he had to struggle to make sure that people respect and accept the fact that he is not straight. Workplaces, social lives and the governmental systems of the places he lived never had a chance for people like him, so he ended up fighting for her own happiness.
Works Cited
Ruz, Tania Sordo. “A Surrealist Country.” Law & Bus. Rev. Am. 15 (2009): 443.
WISE, Donald. “Tectonics of the Earth-Moon-Vesta Family.” 2010: 32
