Blog Post #7

For the mother of Juan Diaz to not be excited that her son had retrieved the money that she moped about for days, something that had caused her to curse the whole world as well as everyone inside it seems odd,. And yet not show even the slightest amount of happiness or relief being able to give her parents money seems more than odd.

In my perspective it could be for the fact that her accusations of it being one of her children's fault was on point. She was probably happy inside for receiving the money, but disappointed at her son. Him retrieving the money and explaining the truth could have allowed her to give her son forgiveness as well as not getting mad or punishing him, for it was his friends who had committed the crime.

It could also be for the fact that her personality isn't of a happy person. Coming from a low-income family and never using the money for her children, but for her parents she seems fine with her way of living. The money being taken from her caused her to over react and bring her out of her state or calmness, hating the world and family. She is the type of person who sticks to traditions and once broken caused her to react angrily, possibly from embarrassment. And once the money was returned she returned to normal and went on with her day, which could be her way of expressing happiness and relief.