Richard Rodriguez Family Analysis

Families grows apart ,bonds are weakened , love is extinguished.Then all that's left is a worthless need for materialistic things. Rodriguez’ relationship with his family is described as exactly that, a relationship with none of that warmth that is associated with the word, it has none of the love. Instead of a loving family Rodriguez’ family is the consumerist type of family. The type of family that does not give significance to the word family. Christmas a day of giving and recieving , a day that prioritize love about all else. Suck a day is celebrated by giving meaningful presents not excessive gifts with no significance. But the Rodriguez’ celebrates christmas differently they shower their love done with gift not love so much so that their
Lost their importance their love also vanishes. The love that was supposed to come with the gift never came and it became a simple object. The objects were unwrapped there were no ‘ ah ha’ moments ,no ‘i knew you were listening’ , all that came were listless talks. The love was gone never the be seen again. As quick as the present were open the Rodriguez’ dispersed and returned to their homes leaving in their “ dark... expensive foreign cars.” The overall description of the car shows how the family values materialistic things and how that sullied their relationship. The first word used to describe the car was dark such a word give light to the negative correlations. Dark is void emotionless , impenetrable, dark is dark. The car is dark, it’s the insulator that blocks the much needed love emits by Rodriguez and its family. Its impenetrable the love will never get through. The dark car was also expensive