Part one of term paper
"Goals determine your thoughts. Thoughts determine your life." The quote means that what you are striving for often influences your thoughts. What you think then influences your life. Therefore your goals indirectly determine your life. Both "Barrio Boy" by Ernesto Galorza and The House on Mango Street by Saundra Cisneros give support to the ...

Part two of term paper
... He thought of the Americans as strangers. This controlled his thoughts. He did not allow himself to be the stranger. As a result of this idea he did not let himself to feel out of place, or without a sense of belonging. These great point of views continued to stay with him for the rest of his life. It impacted him time and time again. He was extremely confident in himself. This allowed him to run for president of his class in school. Ernesto's attempts to succeed with his goals in his Barrio make it ...