Espada, Erdrich, Gilb
by Edward Jeong
1. "Latin Night at the Pawn Shop" by Espada
2. "The Red Convertible" by Erdrich
3. "Love in LA" by Gilb
4. characters: Henry, Lyman, Susy, Lulu, Bonita,
5. conflict: Henry suffers from post traumatic stress disorder when he comes back from war.
6. setting: North Dakota, 1974
7. characters: Mariana, Jake
8. conflict: Jake accidentally hits Mariana's Toyota.
9. setting: LA traffic
10. setting: Chelsea, Massachusetts, Christmas, 1987
11. characters: The apparition of the salsa band.
12. conflict: The instruments that were once used are abandoned in the pawnshop.
13. economic: the price tag is to symbolize that the musicians no longer wanted their instruments.
14. economics: Lyman purposely broke the red convertible so Henry could fix it and heal all the things he had been through in the war.
15. economics: Jake was more into getting to know Mariana than crashing into her car.
16. "'Mariana, you are beautiful,' he said in his most sincere voice"(Gilb 434)
17. "We started talking. He knew what I'd done to the car" (Erdrich 126).
18. "all with price tags dangling" (8)
