Buried Onions | Themes and Characters
In the barrio, the odds are stacked against adolescents. Even those, like Eddie, who fight against negative environmental influences, must face the reality that death comes easily for the young. Eddie sees clearly the consequences of his harsh environment at the beginning of Buried Onions.
I knew the mortuary students would get good jobs because my cousin had died recently and my father and two uncles were dead, all of them now with arms like the arms of praying mantises, crooked and thin as whispers. My best friend from high school was also dead, his head having been...
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