Blog 5 for Always Running

In the novel Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez shows the life of the author during the peak of gang wars and violence in LA. The gangs that the author typically talks about all fight for territory or for racial reasons. But one person that challenges the norms is the character Viviana, who is Sangra born but she challenges the boarders and questions why the two factions fight. While at the Carnival with Luis, she start to question why does the sangra and lomas fight even if they have the same conflicts and problems. She even stops Luis from joining the fight that breaks out later on in the carnival. Even before that she knew that Luis was from the lomas and she still hung out with him even though her brothers are all sangra.