In the third part of "East Side Dreams" by Art Rodriguez, Art is released from jail and is forced to deal with everyday life outside of prison bars. Art finds that staying out of trouble is harder than he thought. Going home to the same friends and the same neighborhood, Art starts to fall back into his old routine of drinking, drugs, and fights. Eventually he ends up back in jail, but gets off easy this time because he gave a good story. When he is released a second time Art realizes how he has let the majority of his young life slip away, he decides that he must get his life back on track before he ends up being sent back to jail again with a life sentence. He moves to LA, away from the bad influences in his life and slowly starts changing his life for the better. He gets a job and with his new and old expireiences, ends up starting his own company and becoming successful. After he moved to LA, his father ends up marrying and moving to a town near him. He often visited his father, and despite there abusive relationship when art was younger, they became very close.
At the very end of the story, Art's father dies and Art realizes how special his dad was. I think this last part of the book was more touching than the rest. Art really showed how his relationships with friend and family changed once he straightened out his life. He uses what he learns from past expiriences to control his temper and to stay out of all the trouble and fights he usually got into. He also eventually stops doing drugs which makes him think more clearly and be in control of his life. I would definitely reccomend this book to anyone because i found nothing really wrong with it. Its really a very inspiring book and you get to find out that Art Rodriguez is really a good person.
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