Measure Of A Genius By Victor Villaensor
Measure of a Genius Genius is a word which has different meanings. A genius is a person who has natural ability to use a higher mental capacity in uniquely creative or inventive ways. This ability is said to be given by Gods, which enable a person with the gifts to think abstractly. A genius conceptualizes ideas on a deeper level than that of an average thinker, giving him or her means to formulate ideas or solutions to problems that would otherwise be overlooked. In Burro Genius, written by the author Victor Villasenor where Joseph who is Victor’s brother, can be seen as a Genius, in the way that he uses his knowledge and to watch over Victor (the author).
In the story, Victor’s Brother Joseph tells to Victor that not to judge Mexican …show more content…
In the book there is a situation where Joseph is pointing out Victor when he is using bad words which are not appropriate. That moment is illustrated in this conversation “‘I’ll be damn! ’ I said. ‘Don’t you use that word again,’ said my brother. ‘You’ve said it, I think, three times since we’ve been talking.’ ‘What word?’ “‘Damn.” ‘I have?’” (111). Joseph further explains to Victor that it is not good to use those words in front of his parents especially in front of his grandmother. Joseph wants Victor to respect his family and elder people because their family is blessed by God and whose families are blessed never use bad words. There is another conversation in the book where Joseph tells author (Victor) to be smart. “‘So what word could you have used instead of ‘obey’?’ asked my brother. ‘ You know what you could’ve said?’ said my brother. ‘You could have said that you needed to pee real bad and asked them to please slow down’”(215). Here Joseph is being a genius by telling his brother Victor to use other words instead of using word ‘obey’ because older people do not like when kids used those words to listen to them. That’s why author’s (Victor) cousin Chemo didn’t like when Victor used obey word because his cousin Chemo is older than Victor so he felt Victor is insulting him by using the word ‘obey’ to make him
In the story, Victor’s Brother Joseph tells to Victor that not to judge Mexican …show more content…
In the book there is a situation where Joseph is pointing out Victor when he is using bad words which are not appropriate. That moment is illustrated in this conversation “‘I’ll be damn! ’ I said. ‘Don’t you use that word again,’ said my brother. ‘You’ve said it, I think, three times since we’ve been talking.’ ‘What word?’ “‘Damn.” ‘I have?’” (111). Joseph further explains to Victor that it is not good to use those words in front of his parents especially in front of his grandmother. Joseph wants Victor to respect his family and elder people because their family is blessed by God and whose families are blessed never use bad words. There is another conversation in the book where Joseph tells author (Victor) to be smart. “‘So what word could you have used instead of ‘obey’?’ asked my brother. ‘ You know what you could’ve said?’ said my brother. ‘You could have said that you needed to pee real bad and asked them to please slow down’”(215). Here Joseph is being a genius by telling his brother Victor to use other words instead of using word ‘obey’ because older people do not like when kids used those words to listen to them. That’s why author’s (Victor) cousin Chemo didn’t like when Victor used obey word because his cousin Chemo is older than Victor so he felt Victor is insulting him by using the word ‘obey’ to make him