A day in the life.

In relating the story to the Beatles song, one part set itself out among the similarities. In the song, verses two and four both end in the line, "I'd love to turn you on". This line just seems to be random and perhaps even juxtaposed to the seriousness of the rest of the song which covers more of a graphic nature.

Now compare this to Urrea. Sex played in integral role in the lives of just about every character in the book. Just about every other page, women are either talking about pregnancy and the cycles of women, or the men are talking and thinking about sex.

No matter who you are and where you come from; being a rich British rock star, or a poor Mexican working through piles of garbage, we are all human. We are all effected by the likes of sex and just relationships in general, really. These similarities are what make us able to connect. I think that if Urrea had left out all of these relationship issues that riddled the story, it would have done great harm to the integrity of his message; that being, this family is no different than us in function. Only in the details do we find what separates us.

The same thing could be applied to any race relation, really. All of us are humans, yet the details of class and geographical boundaries and melanin might effect how we treat each other. Do these small differences matter in the grand scheme of things?