How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Once we crossed the cement bridge, which went over a dry riverbed for a quarter of a mile, I stretched my neck and tried to pinpoint the location of Bonetti Ranch. I knew it was near where Tent City used to be, about a mile south of the city dump.
The highway became Broadway and went right through the center of the town. When we got to Main Street, Roberto turned left and drove east for about ten miles. Along the way, I kept pointing out places I recognized: Main Street School; Kress, the five-and-dime store; the Texaco gas station where we got our drinking water; and the hospital where Torito stayed when he got sick. We then crossed Suey Road, which marked the end of the city limits and the beginning of hundreds of acres of recently planted lettuce and carrots. (12.32-33)
This image of California might not include sweeping money off the streets like Francisco thought at the start of the book, but it's an image that's pretty comforting to our narrator. He's stoked to be in a place that feels like home. To Francisco, California isn't about movie stars or money anymore—now it's all about the small towns he's lived in, and lots of crops growing far as the eye can see. Yep, it's definitely a more realistic picture of Cali by the end of this book.