"Of course, I am lying again. When you are down, like we've been, money is never the answer. By the time the bills roll in, we've transformed into being "espirituales." We've conned ourselves into a crazier gear than the one we were living in." (Herrera 136)
-This quote shows how Herrera believes that everything in his life has changed him forever. Being poor has made it so money won't help him. He believes that his position in society has made him so seperate from everyone else that now he is in a completely different "gear." He lives a life seperate from the rest of the world, him, his close companions against the world.
"Jim smiles at me. I mumble and stretch to one side. Sirens and hipsters shoot by the neon-spoked dreamy night. How about a smoke?"
-The above quote shows Herrera's discomfort in this situation. Jim for some reason seems to make him uncomfortable and shifty, which is shown through the nervous tone in his writing. The way Herrera touches on the "neon-spoked" night but avoids talking about it by saying "how about a smoke" lets the reader know he has many more thoughts about the idea of "sirens and hipsters."
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