Blog #2 Always running

In the novel Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez shows the brotherly love that Luis has for his older brother Rano by showing the readers how Luis got beaten trying to defend his brother's title when it was tarnished by two street ruffians Eddie and Ricky. Before doing this Luis still looked up to his brother, he still idolized him and uses him as a role model or in this case an unreachable goal. This could be seen as Luis takes the gang life as it gives him the tough guy appearance and power that Rano used to have in their neighborhood when they were younger. But Rano has little to no knowledge that his choices and past behavior have affected Luis in the way that he is Luis's greatest influence in his behavior and certain actions. The novel shows that Rano is oblivious towards this fact when he told Luis that "They aint worth it.".