Chavez Ravine In Skyhorse

Skyhorse decides to end the novel with these lines because he wants to describe what happen with Chavez Ravine, he wants his readers to be aware of what happen since the people that were evicted from Chavez Ravine seem to be forgotten. Now the people don’t know the story of Chavez Ravine they just know that the Dodgers stadium is there but not what a lot of people suffered because the city took that land without being theirs and putting the people to the side. With this lines he creates an idiom that expresses what Chavez Ravine is because even though it was destroyed and rid of, the memories of those that lived there still exists. That is something nobody was able to get rid of, this is what he expresses with these lines. In the first line, Blackjack is seen
This is what happen to the people of Chavez Ravine after being evicted from the place they called home that meant everything for them and where there past generations had lived too. In the last line, I think is the most important because it has a short but strong message which is that whatever the government did they weren’t able to get rid of the people that belonged in Chavez Ravine, no matter how hard they tried to erase them they will always be there, as how Echo Park was for the characters in the novel. Skyhorse’s choice of words and decision of ending the novel with these lines is important to the ending that includes Aurora and her realization that after all Echo Park is her home and that she belongs there. I think that this words help him show his readers the importance of being informed of what happen especially for those that are in California and live through similar situations. They can connect and relate to the novel more even though Skyhorse made it for everyone to acknowledge what we usually