Carlos Sanchez: All of the Sanchezes have been bullfighters. All of them.
Grandma: I was a beast in the ring. A beast.
Grandma: Kids these days, with their long hair and not killing stuff.
Grandma: Kids today, with their long hair and their no killing stuff.
Carlos Sanchez: All of these families have lost someone, but as long as we remember them, we can feel their presence with us for one night each year.
Carlos Sanchez: Mama, how did you get here?
Grandma: Eh. Cholesterol.
Pepe Rodriguez: I'm allergic to dying.
Pancho Rodriguez: Especially in the face.
Goth Kid: What's with Mexicans and death.
Answer: General Posada assumed that Joaquin saved them because he saw Joaquin not killed by the bull. He completely missed Manolo's bulfighting. He also probably assuming that because Joaquin's father was a great General, he must be like his father and a brave future soldier. - JMS.