DJ #1 Always Running

In the first page of the novel Always Running, the author begins with a prologue of Rodriguez and his family in their car in Las Angeles. He uses words like veering and potholes to describe their ride, with mama on the left side, and father at the wheel, showing that's he's in charge of the family. sentences like, "there was a space between the boys and girls to keep us apart." and, "The car seats came apart at the strands." just symbolize how the family isn't together as they should be. Then Rodrigues tells the reader that the father give them animal names since birth; Grillo, Rano, La Pata, and Cuca. All names of pests, things that would annoy you. Then three paragraphs in, we see that mama and father are already arguing about home. mama wants to go back to Mexico, father wants to stay here. this just sets up the tone of disconnect, family issues that their family is dealing with.