How is a letter used as a form of argument

Ernesto, in fact, had a childhood with tense moments and this can be seen in the quote that shows that it is not possible to know when a family member is watching him, taking care of him.

In this case, we can say that the correct answer is:

Ernesto's childhood was tense at times ---> You never knew when a compadre or comadre, of your aunt, or your uncle, or your father, or your mother was watching.

By reading "Barrio Boy" we can get the following information:

Ernesto is a Mexican boy who lives with his family in a poor community.Although everyone in the family helps to raise Ernesto, not always some member of his family is available to take care of him and get him out of trouble.This makes Ernesto go through a childhood with difficult moments.One of those difficult moments occurs when Ernesto's family needs to flee to the US and he has to suffer to adapt to a new culture, a new language and a racist and xenophobic society.

With this, we can conclude that "Barrio Boy" wants to show how the life of an immigrant can be so difficult, to the point that he cannot be helped by his family.

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