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Antonio's Role In Hispanic Societies

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Today, many hispanic households consist of an average of five or six people. In many homes, several generations of the same family still live together. In hispanic societies, it is considered a norm to live with grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles in the same house.
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-When Antonio’s father interrupts his mother to state that his son was also of the blood of the Marez, it shows that he feels insubordinate or second resort to his wife’s Luna blood. This shows that he feels that he has to make a point of his part in his child’s life.

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