Literary Essay

                    Literary Essay

                        

Have you ever really liked someone but don't know what to do or say around that person. In the story Seventh Grade by Gary Soto, Victor cares for Teresa. And he is very nervous around her.

Teresa, a girl victor had liked since they were in catechism class at Saints Theresa’s, was taking French, too. With any luck they would be in the same class. Teresa is going to be my girl this year, he promised himself as he left the gym full of students in their new fall clothes. Victor keeps trying to impress her in diffrent ways.

Victor raised his hand wanting to impress Teresa. The teacher beamed and said, “Tres bien. Parker-vous francias?” Victor didn’t know what to say. The teacher wet his lips and asked something else in French. The room grew silent. Victor felt all eyes staring at him. He tried to bluff way out by making noises that sounded French. He is doing all this to impress Teresa. He cares for her because he said he wanted to help her and he likes to be being annoyed by her. In this part of the story he is trying to impress Teresa in French class.

He smiled back and said “Yeah that’s me.” His brown face blushed. Why hadn’t he said, “Hi Teresa,” or “How was your summer?” or something nice. “Teresa” victor said automatically. Some of the girls giggled. They knew he had a crush on Teresa. He felt himself blushed again.

In the story Seventh Grade, Victor cares for Teresa. Victor knows that he has feeling for Teresa and is probably going to keep trying to get her over and over and over again.