What surprised me the most occured towards the end of the novel, as Manny participates in the stealing of the old woman's purse. After reading the beginning portions of the book I thought that Manny was better than a "gang-banger" who lives to steal and whatnot. I had a lot of respect for him, thought he was a good guy just trying to succeed in hard times without much direction. The fact that he actually went through with the action really surprised me. I was not expecting him to carry out the robbery, rather, learn his lesson before it was too late. The whole sequence of events was surprising including when Manny gets left off the hook by the cops. Overall, it was an intruiging portion of the book that can only be described as "surprising".
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