Buried Onions

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Summary: Gary Soto - What's new?
Review: Being from the same area Gary Soto is from, I found it quite easy to relate to this book thus deriving my interest in this book. The specific area Soto is referring to, Fresno, California, includes the city-type environment as well as the country farm-land cow grazing type of environment all in one. However some landmarks mentioned in the book may confuse some readers if they are not from around here, which is highly likely.

However, I find it somewhat dull as to how Gary Soto uses the exact same writing style, language, and settings as his other books. I find no diversity out of any of them.

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Summary: Very easy to follow!! I enjoyed it very much!!
Review: Buried Onions interested me because it's all about the hardships that many teenagers have to face today. Eddie, a Mexican teenager, who despite his surroundings and boyhood influences decides to be different from everyone around him and actually accomplish something. Raised in a gang-infested part of Fresno, Eddie is determined to get out of Fresno and not be sucked into the "Cholo" way of life. Although Eddie tries, he never seems to be able to stay on track. There are many times in the book where I thought Eddie would just give up, but he doesn't. Now matter what hard blows life threw at Eddie, he would just take them and keep going. Finally, after all else fails, Eddie decides to join the navy and get out of Fresno for good. Eddie managed to stay off the road he was heading and overcame all the obstacles on the way. I believe this book can relate to whoever reads it. Even if you've never confronted a gang-life, you have come across bad choices. Gary Soto is a great writer and I think anyone who reads Buried Onions will agree.

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Summary: Burried Onions
Review: Buried Onions is a story of a young immigrant with a goals to sucess. His name is Eddie, and he grew up in Fresno California. He lived in violent society where he has to learn how to survive. Even though he didn't want that for his life, he was expose to fight and defend his life many times. He recieved a pressure from his aunt to kill the person who kill his uncle. He had a strong feeling of hate the person who kill his uncle.
While he had a struggle all his life with bad economical situation, he had dreams. One of his dreams is success and he thought that be enroll in Army could be a good option for him. He wanted a exit from the violent world where he lived. He wanted to scape from his world. He had ansious to success. I think this book is a motivate book that show the reality world of the immigrant who work hard to success.

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Summary: Linda's Review Of Buried Onions
Review: Buried Onions Review

The book Buried Onions was a very interesting book. The book is about a Mexican American young boy named Eddie, living in a very bad gang invested city called Fresno. This book is a very good example for people who look down on others because of where they are from, and from those who may discriminate against this book because it seems gang related. Actually this book is not necessarily about just gangsters, it is about a young boy struggling to make good decisions. Life is extremely hard for Eddie in this book, every time he works for something, and it begins to go well, sooner than later it is destined to go wrong. Most people in the real world adapt to a certain life, and take it as if they cant do any better, they get involved with gangs because they feel they have nothing better to do. Well Eddie on the other hand is getting other, and now he is seeing that the decisions he make now will and are affecting his future. So now, he is trying to do the right thing. He realizes that there are more good people coming in the town, but never any good leaving. The only thing and the only way people leave Fresno is in body bags. Eddie doesn't want to die or get hurt behind gang related activities, like his cousin Jesús who was stabbed to death in a local night club, and his very good friend Jose who was hospitalized because he was stabbed in broad day light by some gangsters. The environment is very unsafe, everyday people walk the streets looking over there shoulders and wandering if someone will try to harm them for a good laugh, or just to prove to their friends that they are tough enough to be apart of some gang, that will eventually get them killed in the long run.
This story interests me so well, because I have been around people like Eddie and his environment before. I can very well understand, and I can see how easy it is for one person to judge another person because of their back ground or where they come from. Its unfair, and its discrimination.

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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: BURIED ONIONS

The book Buried Onions is a good book because, of what he writes and how he can describe things, In the book Gary Soto tells about a Mexican/chicano guy that lives in Fresno in a gangster life and hood Gary also tells the struggles that Eddie (the main character) has to go through to succeed in life and to learn for example Eddie struggles with fighting angel ,and going to jail for Mr.stiles stolen truck . I would really recommend its book to any one , its a really good book ,its very interesting . and,it makes teenagers want to read .I like it because many people can relate to it they have lived the same neighborhood.

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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: BURIED ONIONS

The book Buried Onions is a good book because, of what he writes and how he can describe things, In the book Gary Soto tells about a Mexican/chicano guy that lives in Fresno in a gangster life and hood Gary also tells the struggles that Eddie (the main character) has to go through to succeed in life and to learn for example Eddie struggles with fighting angel ,and going to jail for Mr.stiles stolen truck . I would really recommend its book to any one , its a really good book ,its very interesting . and,it makes teenagers want to read .I like it because many people can relate to it they have lived the same neighborhood.

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Summary: A Good Book!
Review: Eddie a Mexican American growing up in Fresno, California, finds it hard to get on the right track. As an ex cholo he enters college, but drops out and tries to make it painting curbs, but every one thinks he is still the same bad guy as before. His aunt wants him to get revenge for his cousin�s death. Later in the book he finds out his own homie killed his cousin. They try to kill each other but never do. He wants to get out of Fresno, because no matter how how hard he tries things just keep getting worse. He joins the army but soon realizes its not for him and escapes. I think this is A very good book for people in hard times, because it makes you realize things could be worse. I would advise every one to read this book, because it really gives you A taste of the real world.

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Summary: A Good Book!
Review: Eddie a Mexican American growing up in Fresno, California, finds it hard to get on the right track. As an ex cholo he enters college, but drops out and tries to make it painting curbs, but every one thinks he is still the same bad guy as before. His aunt wants him to get revenge for his cousin's death. Later in the book he finds out his own homie killed his cousin. They try to kill each other but never do. He wants to get out of Fresno, because no matter how how hard he tries things just keep getting worse. He joins the army but soon realizes its not for him and escapes. I think this is A very good book for people in hard times, because it makes you realize things could be worse. I would advise every one to read this book, because it really gives you A taste of the real world.

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Summary: My reflection
Review: Eddie is from Fresno, California. Eddie is good guy that has lots of problems in his life. Eddie has faced lots of deaths. Like his cousin was killed at a dnace, some guy wuth yellow shoes was the one that killed him. Eddie's cousin Jesus was the one that was stadd at the dance. Eddie had many problems after it all happened. Many problems with gangs and his family was not there with him when he needed them. His mother lived in Merced and he lived in Fresno. It was hard for him to go visit her, he didn''t have a car. He didn't have a good job. He would paint the crub's putting the address numbers. One day he met a Mr. Stiles that was working o his yard. He ask him if could give him a job helping him out clean and etc. Mr. Stiles gave him a job and he paid him good. One day Eddie was sent to the dump Mr. Stlies told him to the dump to dump some trush, so Eddie went on Mr. Stiles truck. Eddie was all happy that now he had a good job. After all that Eddie stoped at his house to get some water they he went back out side and the truck was not there.One of Eddie's best friends had came over from the Navy. Eddie's friend was also stadded in front of a place where they eat food. Jose was the one that got stadded, he told Eddied to join the Navy to start a new life and become a while man and become strong. Well Eddie then jion the NAVY to start his life over again.

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Summary: Buried Onions
Review: Eddie the main character in the story has had his father, his couisin, and his best friend killed by stupid street violence.Eddie handles himself pretty good.