Momma Dee

If it was up to me to decide the trustworthy people in Bodega Dreams then I would pick nobody. I believe nobody in Bodega Dreams can be trusted because everybody back stabs each other . The 6 main characters in Bodega Dreams are Vera, Willie Bodega, Nazario, Blanca, Sapo and Chino and out of these characters all of them have potential to be backstabbers for the right cause or motive. Vera ; Willie Bodega lost love can not be trusted because she seem to have a lust for money and when she was younger she disrespected Bodegas trust when she left him for money to marry some rich Cuban man. Willie Bodega the brains of the story may just be the most intellectual man in the book because he uses common sense and wisdom to make moves. he thinks before he acts. This man can DEFIANTLY not be trusted because he munlipilates people minds to do what he wants them to do and always has a secret motive. A perfect example of this would be when tricked Chino into thinking he was the most important piece of his puzzle to find Vera when in reality it was all a plot to make him look better. Nazario the man of the hour can also not be trusted because he does anything Bodega tells him to do and makes lies happen such as bribing people to complete his dirty jobs. Blanca & Sapo the two people who are rarely in the novel are another duo who cannot be trusted just because they don't like each other. Blanca the religious one whom who not accept a ring which her aunt gave her husband just because it was the "wrong" thing to do and would report Sapo to the police if she found out he was the real killer of the reporter. But yet she could help commit a Federal crime by finding a bogus person to marry her immigrant friend. Sapo whom would do anything and betray anything to save his own neck has the most potential to dishonor somebody because He lives life day by day. Last but not least Chino the person who disobeys his wife with lies the person he claims he loves just to get a better apartment but the question is ; " Is it worth getting involved with the wrong people?"

QUESTION #2

The leaders in Bodega Dreams is definatly Willie Bodega and the followers are everybody else in the novel. Willie Bodega is the leader because he makes people believe everything he says one way or another. Everybody in the novel is tied with Willie Bodega one way or another and has heard of him . With his dreams to make the community better he even tricked the "smart" minds of college students such as Chino who has bought into his dream. Not only has he feed everybody lies he has them following them as recruiters and god forbid if anything happens to him because his followers would rise and riot for him... Even people who dont even know how he looks.

-Momma Dee