"How to roll up your catholic pleated skirt & look favorable, How to make braids out of anything even masa, or calcetines, How to take a two by four and make skates, surfboards" (Herrera 110)
-This quote is from the Notes on Other Chicana & Chicano Inventions. It shows Herrera's ability to see things realistly, just the way they are. He mentions catholic pleated skirts and your attention is once again brought to religion and the stress it puts on his culture. Rolling them up is a way of combatting that part of the culture. Making braids out of anything is also a way of saying that through all of the different difficulties in his cultures, arise being able to make the best out of anything even a "two by four."
"Ain't nothing better, than pulling over - after the pizca in Fresno, on the way to the next one in Delano. On a hot day leave the troke running..." (Herrera 114)
-The above quote explains how Herrera feels about this sense of freedom he gets when he's on the road. It's as if he's escaping from everything that his culture and all the cultures around him bring onto him. The way he says "troke", however, helps you to remember that even with this sense of freedom he stills feels weighed down by his accent, and a constant reminder of his life. This is in no way saying that he wishes he weren't chicano and isn't assuming it is bad to be chicano, but the way he describes his way of life makes him seem like at times he would just like to be a person, not a white person, not a chicano person, just a person in general with no affiliation to some particular culture or obligation.
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