Short Story 'Broken Chains' By Gary Soto

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People should learn to be confident, because in the end that won't matter. In the short story “Broken Chains” written by Gary Soto, the author is telling you to be happy with yourself. This theme is a great theme because lots of boys and girls worry about their appearances,which stresses them out and that becomes their main focus.That shouldn't matter though because you don't need good looks to be successful or to do certain things.

Alfonso is a young teenage boy who has poor self-esteem especially when it come to the way he looks.Alfonso is very poor and cannot afford thing to fix his flaws. One example is when he asked his mother if he could get braces but she told him no because they don't have a lot of money
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