“Catch the Moon” written by Judith Ortiz Cofer, is an astonishing short story about loss and coping with devastation. After the main character, Luis, loses his mother after her battle against cancer, Luis and his father struggle to understand each other. In the three years following his mother’s death, Luis starts a “gang” of pranksters called the Tiburones. Luis, the “gang” leader, is caught in a prank and is sentenced to six months of free labor to his father. One day while on the job, a beautiful girl named Naomi, who is searching for a hubcap to match her car, catches the eye of Luis. After the day is over, Luis drives his father’s car to the funeral home where Naomi lives and where the funeral for his mother took place. Every thought and despair Luis bottled up in his head floods and rushes out in tears. In the end, Luis finds the most immaculate hubcap for Naomi and an excellent friend.…show more content… In the story, Luis explains how the situation would be better if him and his father, José, sat down at the table for dinner. This way they have to communicate. Instead, Luis says his father usually winds up at the local burger shack, causing a lack of communication. Instead of refraining from each other, Luis and José could have supported each other by trying harder to understand the feelings of the other individual. With more reassurance, Luis would be a stronger individual and his father would be delighted to know his son is okay. Luis and José could go in harmony with an understanding of each other’s
