Summary:
The story continues with more background of Beli, the mother of Lola and Oscar. In this part of the book we learn about Beli’s first boyfriend, Jack Pujols. Pujols is a member of one of the richest families in the Dominican Republic. However, Pujols was not interested in Beli no matter what she did to get his attention, until one day Beli suddenly developed and her breast became the new talk at school. Soon afterwards Beli and Pujols were going out and all was going good until they got caught having sex in the janitors closet. Pujols promised to marry Beli after high school which is the reason that Beli did not get angry at him, when he said that she seduced him. After the incident Pujols was sent to military school and that was the last Beli ever saw of him. The rest of my reading is just more talk about Beli’s life in Bani and how she made a living, and eventually her telling her children on how it was that she met their father.
Quote:
“Hey, Dionisio, isn’t that the girl que te dio una pela last week?” (Díaz, 118).
Reaction:
I think this quote is important because it might foreshadow the reason why Beli was not able to maintain a healthy relationship with her kids’ father.
do you enjoy how the book shifts away from Oscar, to get inside the life of his female family members?
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