Blog Post 15: Where are the Stars and the Moon?

The first chapter has a weird naming to it, "The Sun, the Moon, the Stars". I already read the whole chapter but I still do not really understand what the real meaning behind the title is. In chapter 1, Yunior and Magda's relationship is going downhill. He is basically whipped by Magda. In class we learned about "Machismo" which basically means that men have it their way. Well in chapter 1, Magda has total control of their relationship which is funny because she is the girl, not the man. "Our relationship wasn't the sun, the moon, and the stars, but it wasn't bullshit, either." (Yunior pg.19) I believe the meaning behind the title means that Yunior is the Sun, Magda is the Moon, and the people revolving around the are the Stars. They want something but the people keep getting in between them. They seemed to really like each other when they had first started their relationship, "Where are the stars? And she said, "They're a little lower, papi." (Yunior/Magda pg.21) In the beginning of the novel, Yunior starts off the whole story by saying, "I'm not a bad guy." (Yunior pg.1) Right away we sense that he is a bad guy in a way. He blames everything that happens on the people he surrounds himself with when really, it is his fault. The reason his and Magda's relationship is where it is at is only because of him. He cheated on her and now he is paying the consequences. He probably blames everyone else for actions because he is not mature enough total them himself. A major masculinity message that was put out there was the one about sex. When guys want sex, they get it when they want. But not for Yunior, he couldn't really get Magda for him to lay. She was stubborn about it. When Yunior asked Magda what her problem was, she responds to him by saying that she did not want to be there. Then Yunior feels insulted by Magda when she tells him this. It affects his identity because he is in his homeland and Magda makes him feel bad about it.