The Guardians

The Guardians by Ana Castillo, is a promising and highly recommended refreshful set in times when quite a little were demonized strictly for beingness br give birth. It takes thotocks along the hedgelands and in New Mexico where it follows a salubrious independent muliebrity who is on a desperate path to find her lost chum Rafa who she conceptualises has been captured by the prairie wolfs. The story goes into depth during undocumented times when the border was a fearful place where friends and family were frequently disappearing and woman are being raped or stolen for their variety meat.It shows her path towards conclusion her brother ot only for herself but for the sake of other make outd ones. Where disfigured souls attempt to put themselves backwards together and search for love once lost. The story is told from four typical perspectives Regina, who searches for her brother after awaiting his arrival in the fall in States. Gabo, Rafas 16-year-old boy who becomes h ighly interested in clique members which give him a strong sense of belonging. Miguel, Reginas love interest who securems in search of a confidence boost to approach her.Then El Abuelo Milton, a tricky and sour viejito who pressures his grand male child Miguel into action. Each character givers their consume personal incite on the depth of every situation and works collectively together for readers to see the broken vision of humanity. Regina was leave behind even before she actually get hitched with her fiance, and had just nicely settled into being a teachers aide and guardian of Gabo although she knew from now on life would never quite a be the same.She tries to get her brother to permanently stay with her in the United States but he insists that he will only stay until he has enough money to build him and his family a house for themselves in Mexico. Regina is under jibably he heart and soul of the unexampled, making her voice heard among the others and singly setting ou t on a search towards redemption. She seems to be atheistic of unearthly views of the church yet finds herself in a compassionate take a shit on people who have hurt her the most.She is secure in her declare skin and acts as though she can play any percentage yet deep inside she needs help just as any other individual would. She commits herself to playing the role of his guardian, both stupefy and father, yet in reality finds it hard to commit herself to being gruelling towards Gabo because he has a perspicacity of his own. She is a tough defender of her family and spot to ensure that nothing happens that could have been prevented. She struggles to understand Gabos way, which applies to any elicit trying to make sense of senseless teenagers.Yet she understands that even in tough times she must hold herself together to keep the close-hauled thing she has to family from falling apart. From her ongoing search for her brother Rafa to her realization that the border treats ever yone in a different way. Whether youre religious views agree or differ. She seems to be a modern heroine along with the help of Miguel and Gabriel to ome upon a coyotes house in El Paso. It happens to be where the disappeared women have been agonistic to stay and unfortunately also the place where her brother was killed by the coyotes.Gabriel, the 16-year-old son of Rafa, Reginas brother is a hard-headed youth with a mind of his own. even off out to become Christ-like, he dreams of an eventual life in the clergy where his mind set will allow him to preach on others with the same religious view of life. With his strong life values Regina tries to talk him out of his evil choice of friends but soon comes to realize he is only distinct for a brush of comfort in which he an call a group his family because of the one he lacks. Without Regina and his father he would be dispossessed and left to conquer the world on his own at such a young ago.In his desperate attempt to regain the lo ve and care of his father him and his aunt set out on a adventure along with the help of Miguel, Miguels father Abuelo Milton and some of his gang banger friends. Him and his aunt Regina develop a strong sense of acquaintance while working close in the search for his father who they believe have been taken by coyotes just as his mother was septenary years ago. They found her body disembellished in he desert where her organs were stolen and her body was mutilated beyond belief.Throughout the journey Gabo remains with no papers to make him legal the United States, yet the border witness has no problems letting him come back and forth between Mexico and the States with the help of his friends. In which Gabo eventually faces the troubles that comes along with dealing with the coyotes and the law. That ends with Gabo Making a pact with the devil. Regina and Gabo were evidently at the heart of this story in the pursuit to find their Brother/Father. Regina started off as a widowed women who was only left with er brother and nephew.Where their voyage begins on finding their loved one rafa, the only hope they have left of having a family. Gabo goes through the roughest times on the journey for his father. Gabo faces the realness of the boarder physically and consciously where he is able to go back and forth with facilitate but emotionally he struggles more then anything. Living in a town so close to the border comes with its difficulties within their own community and the citizens living there and the judgment that is passed around. To only find that people have their own story behind their talkThe guardians is an admirable novel that shows the accurate role of the struggles familys face everyday of living deflexion the borderlands. This novel shows the true story of the hardship people face on the daily basis that just over passes citizens even in your own town. Where an independent citizen can overcome her struggles to over pass the fears of life and stand strong to become a admirable member of their community. The novel conveys a unique delivery of a examination of what truly makes up a family, Where we can discover faith through the battle of conflicts emotionally and physically.