Every individual has times in their life when they feel isolated and alone. When this happens, a person will look for ways to connect or feel important. The person will do everything they can to be noticed and appreciated. In the novel Famous All Over Town by Danny Santiago, the main character, Chato, has many reasons to feel alone. In almost every aspect of his life, he is disappointed in one way or another. He has to try to deal with a family that's on the verge of falling apart, he has to go to a school that doesn't teach anything "fun," and he has friends who are a bad influence on him. The novel reveals how he must endure hardships, which most of us do not have, to get through the day. By the end of the novel, the reader begins to understand why Chato begins writing about buildings throughout the city. For most individuals, home is a safe and reliable environment when the world seems threatening. Ideally, family members support each other. This is not the case with Chato. His home is the place where he feels the most isolated. One of the reasons he might feel this way is because of all the secrets that are kept in his house. What bothers Chato the most is the secret his sister, Lena, is keeping from everyone except their mother. He wants to know from his sister the identity of the man who hides his suitcase in their hangar. She lies to Chato and tells him that the man is just a friend, but Chato discovers the truth. When he does, Lena isn't very happy with him and she says, "You're a snotty-nosed half-wit. Get out of my life." She continues: "And don't expect me to kiss your ass!'É..'Go ahead and tell my dad you're a little snitch.'" (l0l) Maybe be that if the family supported each other more, they wouldn't do it. finds it necessary to keep himself...... middle of paper...... him down. She could have written more paragraphs on each of her main points. There are many other examples in the novel. She had EXPLAINED in more depth how each of the direct quotes and situations she used showed that Chato was disappointed and how he felt about it. The reader could have had MORE information about Chato's life. I wanted to know more about the relationship between Chato and his family. I wanted to know more about WHY his sister kept secrets and why Chato was so disappointed that she called him a little “snitch”. To me, it all seemed like an ordinary quarrel between a brother and a sister. I wanted her to better explain WHY Chato was disappointed. Overall, I just wanted to know MORE. She needed to develop each of these examples more fully. She needed to better understand Chato's feelings and explain them to her reader..