Always Running

Always Running In the novel “Always Running”, by Luis R. Rodriguez, the author is the main character. He explains his life story to show others how he overcame many challenges that brought him down. Over all, the author achieves his purpose to reach out to his audience on an emotional level. I think he does a great job in emotionally touching his audience. The novel begins with Rodriguez dedication his story to all adolescents that were once in his place. Rodriguez finds himself lost at one point but with his strong message he tries to tell everyone that its always possible to find your way into a better life. He starts off as being a drug addict, associating with gangs, and living his life on the streets. Rodriguez seems to always find himself getting in trouble. Deep down he knows this is not the life he should be living. He knows that by doing all this he will not get anywhere in life. I think Luis tries to prove to the readers that no matter how far deep you’re in a mess, there is always choices you need to make in order to get on the right track. In my opinion I think he did a great job in trying to prove his point. In the book Luis says, “Nothing in life comes easy but if you really want it you will achieve it”. When saying this he has proved that even being at your worst like he was, it’s possible to turn your life around for the better. He achieves his purpose of the book in trying to convince his readers that it’s never too late to change. This book has taught me so much, and I think that was the purpose of the author. He wanted to share his mistakes with all his readers so that we could be able to learn from them. He taught me to never give up because anything is possible if you really want it. Luis is a caring person who all he wants in life I to be a better person and make life worth it. He knew he wouldn’t get anywhere if he kept living the bad life he did of drugs and violence. He decided to make a change for himself and found happiness in his