In the short story “Sanches”, Richard Dokey goes into great detail on the life of Juan Sanches, a migrant farm worker. Juan Sanches has a really hard and challenging life. He goes from witnessing one of his children be stillborn, to having his unborn son tornfrom his wife’s womb. As if that were not enough Juan’s wife dies during the labor of hisonly son, Jesus. After all of Juan’s pain and suffering all that he lives for is for his son togrow up and be a good hard working man like him, but his son becomes Americanized andJuan Sanches becomes very depressed over his son’s situation, but Juan is also depressedbecause of his own situation and the life that he has led. It is evident that Juan is depressed over his son’s situation. This is evident inmany ways. Juan is depressed because his son has become exactly what he did not want. When Sanches drives Jesus to the Flotill Cannery Jesus anxiously begins to tell his fatherof how great the Cannery is. He tells him of the great aluminum buildings, the marvelousmachines, and the belts of cans that never stopped running (151). Jesus seems veryinterested in the money, a feeling that Juan knows very well. When Jesus and Juan get tothe place were Jesus is going to stay he finds out that it is a cheap hotel. Jesus could tellthat his father was not pleased. In an attempt to make his father happy he said, “I will notstay much in the room, it is only for sleep. I will be working overtime too” (151). AllJesus had to do was look at his fathers face to know that he was displeased. When Jesus gives his father a tour of the Cannery Juan acts very uninterested and, -1-in a way, hurt. When Jesus went to take Juan to see the Cannery he said no. Jesus questioned his father asking him if he was disappointed in him. Juan responded bysaying, “No, I am beyond disappointment. You are my son. Now you have a place in theworld. You...
