Frazer Avenue (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Guy Garcia
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1960's
- Setting: East Los Angeles, California
- Principal Characters: The narrator, Al, John Velasco, Grandma, Tío, The girlfriend
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Civil rights, Social action, Culture, 1960’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Memory, Self, Protests or demonstrations, Alienation, Gangs, youth, California, West, U.S., Inner cities or inner-city life, Violence, Drinking or drunkenness, Mexican Americans, Parties, Vandalism
- Locales: Los Angeles, CA
The Story
The narrator, a Mexican American college student, recalls his life ten years earlier on Frazer Street—a lower-class barrio of East Los Angeles, where on Sunday mornings one could see drunks leaving Millie's bar after all-night revelries. He remembers one particular Sunday, when the neighborhood's most responsible citizens gathered on the lawn of his parents’ house to discuss the neighborhood's deterioration. On that day, his parents announced their intention to move away out of concern for his future. He had recently befriended youths who passed their evenings...
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