Throughout
the novel, Delaney has a deep hatred for Candido. After he hit Candido with his
car, he would run into him at random places. That’s when things started to go
downhill. At first Candido seemed like a nuisance to him, but as time went on
he saw him as someone who should die. Delaney wanted him gone. The reason I
have chosen Delaney hatred towards Candido is because it is the reason that
made Delaney hate Mexicans.
Delaney is like a ticking time bomb
with no one to stop it from exploding. He had no problems with Mexicans before,
but after his encounter with Candido events spiraled out of control to where he
felt like everything that was wrong was because of Mexicans. He knew that they
were crowding the streets looking for jobs, but he felt that it was their right
to work. The right that they had to make money. He felt this way in the
beginning; however, in the end he didn’t feel the same way. He felt that they
were the problem. He started to care less whether or not the labor exchange was
discontinued. He had no sorrow or remorse for these people anymore. They were
the reason why he had a huge wall around his home that stopped him to see the
nature that he moved there for. He had nothing left, he was angry and wanted
someone to pay for it.
Candido is just a guy with bad luck.
He tries to do the best he can, and always fails. All he wanted was to work to
make enough money to get America, his unborn baby, and him a place. He wanted a
new beginning with her, so that way he could take them out of the cave they
were living in. He was a guy with a string of bad luck.
Without Delaney apathy towards
Candido, this book would not be as interesting. The back and forth between the
two made it a page turner. They were two men trying to please their wives, but
were not able to because if so many obstacles thrown there way. Delaney was obsessed with Candido,
and did anything he could to make him gone.
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