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Antonio, as a young hispanic boy,about the age of nine, is constantly prodded by his parents to choose the type of lifestyle he one day would fulfill. The only problem is that his mother and father's visions about the ideal calling are total opposites. His mothe ....

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.... relationships would be able to return to him what he's given to society. On the other hand, in the eyes of his father, he beleives restricting Antonio in such ways keeps his spirit confined, unlike the free energy of his ancestors. He wants his son to sieze the day, sharing in the same expieriences he had during his earlier years. "We lived two different lives, your mother and I. I came from a people who held the wind as brother, because he is free, and the horse as companion because he is the living fleeting wind -- and your mother, well she came from the men who hold the earth steady as a brother. They are steady, settled people. We have ....