Family

The book Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez begins with him as a child with his siblings in the backseat of his parents Dodge. Rodriguez has a brother named Jose Rene, also known as Rano (frog), who later becomes known as Joe. He has two sisters Ana Virginia and Gloria Estela also known as La Pata (the duck) and Cuca (short for cockroach). His father Alfonso gave all his children animal names at birth, Luis was known as grillo (cricket). In the beginning of the book his family are the main characters especially his brother who was a bully to Luis as children. Later in the book his friends seem to become his family as his brother focus on school and starts to do something right with his life while Luis heads into the gang life. Through the whole book however his parents stay faithfully by his side, showing up to get him out of jail multiple times.