The scene was rather simple to understand because it demonstrates a very intense confrontation that el pachuco has with Henry. The arguments that occurs through out the whole scene (pg's:76-78) is because Henry does not want to accept anything el pachuco has to tell him because all he wants is his freedom. In other words Henry is still hoping to be free, to see his family once again, but what el pachuco is trying to do is kill those hopes for Henry by telling him that he will never get out and to forget about everyone and everything he ever knew because they were not going to help him.
I really didn't like the part that el pachuco was trying to bring down Henry's hope of freedom but then I thought maybe he wasn't maybe he wanted him to see the reality of what was going on because if he were to get out of prison the world would not let him be free. That’s why el pachuco shows him what’s happing out in his home town...
Pachuco pg.78: “This is los, Carnal....
The Navy has landed, ese-
on leave with full pay
and war's breaking out in the streets of
he was is trying to shed light on the fact that he will never be free even if he is actually released from the prison where he resides.
Question: Was El Pachuco actually killing Henry's hope or was he trying to help him?
El Pachuco could've been doing a bit of both because el pachuco was just trying to stick to what he believed reality was, which is that they would stay in prison for life. The whites seem to have their way every time, and that is what el pachuco believed that 38th st. gang wasn't going to get out because that's what the whites wanted.At the same time he could've been attempting to help Henry in case if the help being given by Alice and George was a trap, there is a bit of both included in helping and killing hope.
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