Whenever you read a story, you should be able to identify the moment of truth in the story. The moment of truth is the one event that can change everything in a story because it can significantly impact the story you are reading. These moments of truth are important because the story changes after the moment of truth happens. In the excerpt from Ernesto Galarza’s Barrio Boy and the excerpt from The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales, both main characters experience moments of truth that change their lives.
In the excerpt from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza, the narrator experiences a moment of truth that changes his life. The narrator is an immigrant from Mexico who is on his first day of school in the United States, and because he doesn’t know
