A character that has made an impression on me is Eddie from Gary Soto's Buried Onions. Eddie, a nineteen year old Mexican American who lived in the barrios of Fresno was more than determined to escape his violent past and make something of himself. Throughout his life, Eddie had been surrounded by drugs, gangs, and violence, and slowly began to lose all hope. Despite the negativity in which Eddie had been surrounded by, he worked a number of different jobs and made it a priority of his to avoid violence in order to rise above his surroundings and become better than those in his community. Eddie's determination, dedication, and will to ultimately accomplish his goals and succeed made him an extremely memorable character. Eddie was a character that I was able to easily relate and connect to due to his past and his ambition to rise above all of life's obstacles. A literary technique that contributed to Eddie's character was characterization. Eddie was characterized in a direct way, which made him an extremely relate-able character.
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