At the beginning of chapter four we finally see what I would consider a happy moment. Reyna, Carlos, and Mago went to the vacant lot down the road where there was a car they would play in. Reyna mentions that she likes to believe her Papi use to come out here and play as a kid. I think it is neat to see Reyna thinking of her father in this light. Carlos, Reyna's brother, asked Reyna where they we going to today. Her response was, "El Otro Lado!"
Reyna is envisioning herself and her siblings going to be with their parents. This is where her imagination is taking her. It is taking her to a hopeful place where she is reunited with her mother and father. I like to imagine that Reyna imagines that they have a house - one made of bricks like her mother tells her about. They are all sitting on their couch cuddled up watching tv. The kids are dosing off and their mom tells them to go to their rooms for bed. Rooms. They each have their own room. Reyna wonders what that could even be like. The thought makes her so happy. It is wonderful to see the joy that Reyna is able to find through everything she is going through.
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