Character Blog 1

The main character in Caramelo is Lala Reyes. She is Mexican and lives in Chicago. Every summer, her family travels to Mexico. She loves both Mexico and Chicago. She has a very large family (6 siblings and 6 cousins). Lala is able to describe everything she sees very well. It makes it a lot easier to imagine what is going on. Lala also has a very good memory. It is so good that she can even remember events that happened before she was born! Well, really she just remembers the stories, but someone always has to correct her to make sure she mentions that she wasn't alive yet. Or that she was too little to remember what happened. She is influenced by Awful Grandmother, both directly and indirectly. Father always does exactly what Awful Grandmother tells him to do, and sometimes Awful Grandmother bosses Lala around, as well. Because of this she spent one whole year without her brother, Rafa, because he stayed in Mexico to learn more Spanish. Lala also had to get all of her hair chopped off at Awful Grandmother's orders.