I imagined already being on the baseball team at school, and people looking at me, Martinez pg.4).That one who gets beat up and also join a gang so he can kiss a girl was Manny. With this changes Manny lost his dreams for better future. Manny has gain respect from his friends because now he's an a gang,And also the meaning of the title Going Home means that he's going home to change again to be the person that he was before everything happened to be the person that had a future dream to start again from the beginning and also talk to his family and said how much they meant to