Both No Gumption and Barrio Boy are similar as they are accounts ofeach authorâ??s childhood. Both authors grew up to becomesuccessful writers. The author of No Gumption be
…came a success,mostly after his mother's prodding to become something more than alazy boy who enjoyed reading Dick Tracy comics. The author ofBarrio Boy, however, had no choice but to learn to survive in thebarrios he lived in, both in Mexico and later in Sacramento,California. (MORE)