Finishing up Selena and Aha-Moments

The previous blog was on how Selena's best friend was a thief. Continuing on with the book I read that Selena confronted Yolanda and things went down! when Selena would confront Yolanda she would make excuses of why she needed the money and why she would waste it on personal belongings. Selena was fed up, Selena told Yolanda to give back every cent she used, Yolanda was ferrous. She didn't have that money, she would go bankrupt, so what did she do, she played Selena once again. Yolanda called Selena to meet her at a hotel so she could receive the check with all the money, of course Selena went but when she arrived Yolanda was ready to fight. She caught Selena by surprise and Selena fought right back, but when Yolanda pulled out her gun the first thing for Selena was to run and she did. Yolanda fired and it shot Selena in the shoulder which caused tragic and horrifying internal bleeding. Selena died that day which was on March 31, 1995.

While I was reading this book I noticed that Selena was a very trustworthy person and someone who has lots of trust with friends. I know this because in the text it stated "Yolanda was her manager". This shows that Selena was able to put trust in her own friends, I as a person would not, I would get someone professional. Also I saw that Selena was one of a kind. To this day no one has beat Selena's vocal abilities. We had Whitney Houston, but Selena had the vocals as an infant. I know this because in her book it talked about, "Selena started her career as young as 10" This proves that she started her life as a worker but not a child. She worked harder than anybody at 10.

Continuing with Selena with Memory Moments

From were I left off, I have read that Selena started her career at a very young age and began going all around the world when she got record deals and so on. Selena had her best friend manage her money and book places were she would perform. Selena noticed something was wrong with the money count, She wondered what had happened if her "best friend" was managing it. Selena then realized that her friend had been stealing money, OMG her "friend" is a thief! Selena confronted her and things went spiral. In the text it says that, "By March, evidence of embezzlement by Yolanda Saldivar had piled up." Also, " Selena was confused. She had trusted this woman.......And now she is betraying her family?.." In conclusion we see that Selena's friend was fake.

In the book Selena by Veda Boyd Jones, it talked about Selena remembering what her childhood was before she became a big shot in the music industry. Selena talked about being smart in her classes, her teacher said " Selena was an amazing student." That proves that even though Selena was always on the road performing she always was getting her work done and continuing on with her school work. Selena was always reminding her self of her friends when she would perform, she never forgot of were she came from.

Summary of Selena Quintanilla and Character Analysis

In the Book Selena by, Veda Boyd Jones, So far I have read that Selena was an American singer and songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s". Selena started singing at a very young age and began working or performing at wedding, dinners, get together etc. around 13. In the book it talked about Selena being raised as a Jehovahs Witness, from what I know about Jehovahs Witness I believe that her becoming a pop star and not singing for God would be a contradiction. In the book it talks about having a family band, her brothers would play guitar or piano and she would be the singer. Selena loved to sing Tejano music, in other words Mexican country music. Tejano Music is not big in America but many people still listen to Selena's music.


Selena is a Tejana young lady that would go to school and come home like a normal child, until people discovered that she had a voice on her! Ever since her family and friends found out that she had an amazing voice, they would set up record listening for her, parties, dinners and weddings. Selena found this stressful, though she was an amazing student she did have to leave school and be a full-time performer. In the book it tells on how she become famous and how she felt and reacted. Selena always loved music though she never really got to live her life.