'A Made Mexican' is a novel by Ricky Rivera in which he chronicles his life as he goes from a child farm worker to a Ph.D. candidate. He takes us on his journey in search of his personal identity. In the book we see that his journey was not easy. This difficult journey is due to many factors, including the people who surrounded him throughout this journey. One of the people who had a major influence in Ricky's life was his mother. She is a very strong-willed and opinionated person. As Rivera points out at the beginning of the novel: “I'm always surprised that I don't really know who this woman is. None of us do. My siblings have conflicting fictions about Chero's origin, but we agree that if we could just identify an exact geographic moment of being, we could begin to understand our mother. (3) The author reflects on his respect for his mother when he writes about her determination, her goal, her willingness to confront bosses, teachers, neighbors and husbands, even as he states: "at this Today, I still wonder who this woman is.” (10) Ricky respects his mother; but he is also afraid of her. Chero wants Ricky to go to college, but not necessarily to get an education. He thinks she wants him to go to college so he can collect Social Security checks every month until he graduates. When his mother sends him to see Dr. Howell to discuss his future, Dr. Howell states that Ricky should be guided by his own beliefs. When Ricky's mother asks what Dr. Howell said, Ricky makes up a story telling what he thinks his mother wants to hear. As Ricky continues his studies, his wife suggests that it is time for him to tell his mother about his academic achievements. When he...... middle of paper ......g the various reports regarding his father's suicide, he drinks, sweats and cries. The full impact of what his father did to him finally hits him. "What do you mean there was no one else involved?" I screamed. What were we, chorizo ​​​​con huevos? No, explained the sneering voice in my poisoned mind, you were chorizo ​​without huevos. (78) Ricky screams that he was left with his mother and sisters to raise him and he believes he was raised as a weak man. “...and because of your stupid, dramatic abandonment, I became a drunken, drug-addicted misfit.” (78) By the end of "A Fabricated Mexican", Ricky has accepted who he is and how he became the person he is. He accepts and honors the fact that he is a made Mexican. Being a made Mexican is nothing more and nothing less than wearing masks adapted to certain social situations..