I Think I'm In Love With Marisol

              Pancho meets Marisol (old friend of D.Q. and also D.Q.’s crush), she joins Pancho and Josie at the swing set, and invites Pancho and D.Q. to the zoo later that week. Pancho isn't really interested, but figures that D.Q. would enjoy spending the afternoon with Marisol. He agrees, as long as D.Q. is feeling up to the outing. Pancho has supported D.Q. through each of his chemotherapy treatments thus far, and they're far more gruesome than he ever could have imagined. D.Q. is weaker than ever and constantly vomiting. She and Pancho talk about how interesting D.Q. is. Marisol thinks he has an extraordinary amount of faith (something Pancho had never considered before) and that he seems to be in touch with another dimension. Pancho, D.Q., Marisol, and Josie all prepare to visit the zoo. Even though D.Q. is feeling particularly weak from his chemotherapy treatment, D.Q. refuses to miss an opportunity to spend the afternoon with Marisol. Pancho feels himself strangely drawn to Marisol and makes a point of avoiding being alone with her; he doesn't want to hurt D.Q.'s feelings. The four ride the public bus to the zoo and for the first half of the journey are the only passengers. Josie chatters about the animals she wants to see, while Pancho distractedly listens. The next time the bus driver stops, she picks up three boys about Pancho's age. They're dressed in baggy jeans and loose fitting shirts that give the immediate impression that they're gangsters. One of the boys speaks loudly into his cell phone, cursing every word, so D.Q. stood up to tell them to keep their language clean but they only mocked him, so Pancho got up walked up to the boy from behind, grabbed the phone and threw it to the ground. The next thing he knew was that he was on the floor with a very big pain coming from the part the punk had hit him, he hit Pancho in his groin.

“What if everyone is given a task we’re to work on and if possible complete while we’re living on this earth?” (Stork, 131). I’ve chosen to analyze this quote because I think that everyone indeed has been given a task to work on from the moment we are born to the moment we die. I believe that Stork has used this particular question through D.Q. to say that everyone has a task/objective/goal, we just have to find it and work on it for the rest of the time that our lives last for. And for the book I think that it is an innuendo that D.Q. finds his task and works on it very hard for how long he can.

As this book is coming to an end it has shown to be a very good piece pf literature, with so much emotions mixed up in the story. If I were to predict/infer the ending of the book, I’d say that D.Q.’s task was to write the Manifesto and indeed succeeds in his task before he dies and leaves the Death Warriors legacy in the hands of Pancho Sanchez. Pancho will live by the rules written in the Manifesto and transmit them, also he won’t be Marisol’s boyfriend because it would stain his friend’s memory.