Read the sentences from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza. I grabbed the chain with both hands and pulled. A small torrent of water
gushed into the bowl, swirling and disappearing down the drain with a deep, sonorous gargle. I waited a few minutes and pulled the chain again. That night I got up several times to go to the toilet, until I was ordered to go to sleep. Why does Ernesto go to the toilet several times?
The way he describes it (A small torrent of water gushed into the bowl, swirling and disappearing down the drain with a deep, sonorous gargle) shows his fascination with this bathroom fixture. To the boy it was, indeed, a fascinating invention because the place he had lived in before had no running water or sewage system.
