Selena's Family

Throughout the movie I could not help, but think of the way that Selena's father was portrayed throughout the film. They may have been attempting portray the type of Latino father that is demanding with his children, but sometimes his nature became too demanding. Selena's father is more of a person that was vicariously living through his daughter. He buys the children instruments and he tries to make them into something that he cannot achieve. This demonstrates a very selfish nature on his part. He takes a lot from Selena's life and its seems that he is continually demanding things from her, whether it is to give up Chris, or to take up Spanish music, and etc. Most of the time the things he demands he sees as needing to be done. He manages to convince her to sing in Spanish because he wants Selena to break into the Latino market; indicating that he perhaps learned from his own mistakes as a Dino attempting to sing anglo-pop culture music. Therefore, he decided that such a change was necessary and he seems to be behind the scenes of everything and shifting everything so that his daughter can achieve success, and in a way this makes him successful in the industry that he previously failed in. In the end the father figure of Abraham Quintanilla is more of a marketer than a father, and it seems that he disregards his daughter's wishes for his own.