Many scenes from the novel seem to be meaningless encounters or experiences. However some of these scenes have a much deeper message behind them. I can connect with many scenes from the novel but one scene in particular causes me to think about on my own life. The scene in which Sonny is talking to his mother after coming back from Cindy's apartment seems like a simple conversation about what shows Sonny likes and if he would like a new television set in his room. However when i read between the lines it becomes clear to me that his mother is not talking about the TV when she says she's bored, she's talking about her new life. She is also testing Sonny to see if he is content with their new life (72-73). I connect with this scene because i also had a dramatic change in my life when my mother married my stepfather and we moved from New Mexico to California.
        When Sonny comes in the apartment and sees his mom lying on the couch watching TV he is shocked because his mom never used to watch TV. When they start talking his mom ends up telling Sonny that she's bored. This scene to me is a very important one because it has a hidden message. When Sylvia says that shes bored she is talking about her new life. Before she was a sexy single woman who would go out often, and after she married Cloyd she became a stay at home housewife.
         Dagoberto wrote this scene because it is a turning point in the novel when Sylvia realizes that she is bored with her new life and relapses back into her old habits.