Summary 5-9 Ishmael F.

In chapters five through nine and we find our how easily influenced Victor really is. Early on in chapter five  a new kid from Boston recently arrived at Victors school he got to be really good friends with Victor and was able to connect to him. When he found out that Victor was Mexican their friendship took a turn for he worse once again Victor had someone calling him a dirty filthy Mexican. Victor was really depressed to here these word from his friend and was hurt deeply. The rest of Victors year in kindergarten was as horrible as the first days his teacher was still the same mean and Victor became a daily bed wetter. By this time Victor's families new house was under construction, and one day when Victors dad was working with dynamite he made a careless mistake and a big stump of a tree ended smashing the constructors car. Victor saw his dad apologizing and calling himself stupid something he had never seen before. Then that same afternoon he saw his dad  go with him to the dealer and bu him a brand new truck. In this occasion Victor learned the importance of generosity and that if he knew who he had to be generous to it would help him in the long run. In the next chapters we find Victor finally enjoying school because he was good with numbers and all they were focusing on was math. This episode in his life helped rise his hopes up and gave him just a little more courage. But wen he found out that if he didn't catch up with his reading by the end of the year, he would have to repeat the class this once again brought him back down into the slumps and made him feel useless again. In chapters 5-9 we can clearly see how easily influenced of a person Victor really is and how it affects his personality thought the book.