Once in a while life throws us a situation that we never forget and changes who and how we are. In my own personal experience its always been not so much the situation but the person involved in it with you. In the cas of the battle of the alamo, the narrator has a run in with a "tough guy" that actualy befriended him and showed kindness when in any other sitution the narrator would expect to get beat up or humiliated in some way. The "pachuco" boy Berga seems to fill the spot of someone the narrator looks up to and stands almost as an idol or a beacon off triumph in an otherwise bad time and bad area. I believe this appears a lot in todays age in tv and movies but rarely translates into real life. Characters like Berga who are strong and tough while still being friendly and kind to the smaller weaker individuals is something to be hoped for but the fact that he made such an impact on the narrator is what really makes him stand out.
Another thing that set him apart was the fact that while being a class clown he managed to find a way to unite all the students and rally them into one voice. It may have just been for something small like getting a dig at an upopular teacher but the details are small compared to the piecing together the social puzzle that was the time. He managed to, for that moment, close up all the social fizures and divides that had split the and he smoothed over the cracks in the broken social system.
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