on Spanglish

the movie may appear so simple as it depicts everyday-life of a family, but there are a number of insights that can be drawn from it...

here are a few :

lesson #1: a mother would rather die so her child may live

lesson #2: language difference is not much of a barrier if you have a translator

lesson #3: a monotonous almost involuntary day-to-day activity such as lying on a bed or stepping on the floor sometimes demand a very difficult, life-changing decision making process

lesson #4: sometimes an analogy such as floor:working brain or bed:damaged brain makes SENSE (go figure!)

lesson #5: for a child, 5 cents is 5 cents

lesson #6: guilt has a Spanish equivalent