Andres Guzman A Hero's Journey

This is an incredible story about a young Mexican boy who went through so much to achieve something he never thought he would. The tragedy of his infant sister’s death and an economic crisis in 1970s made him take this life changing chance – to cross the border to the United States. His cousin used to tell him that he would spend all his life working in the fields, Quinones-Hinojosa was ready to accept his fate, he did not know English language, did not have working permit, what else could he expect? So he started working in the fields, picking fruits and vegetables, pulling weeds until his hands were bleeding, hands that perform brain surgeries today. He discovered that being a poor immigrant without an education in a foreign country will make people treat you differently. At this point in his life, he decided to prove to

Francisco worked hard everyday of his illegal life. He worked hard by going to school and helps his parents in the field to provide them with food and shelter for their current living conditions. He made me learn that you have to work and be dedicated to what you want to get what you want.

Richard Rodriguez had faced a lot of problems that most students in America do not have to deal with. Richard had to deal with parents that couldn’t help him in school and wanting to be successful academically. He had become embarrassed of his background and where he came from and did not want to embrace his culture.

The hero I am going to be talking about today is Daniel Larusso. Daniel Larusso is from the infamous movie “The Karate Kid “. “The Karate Kid” is directed by John G. Avildsen and came out around 1984. Daniel is a young boy who has to leave his hometown and move to the big state of California. He is very unhappy and to make matters worse, there are these older boys who decide to bully Daniel. He is being bullied and knows he has to hide it from his mom so she can focus on her job to provide for them. Daniel meets a man who is going to help him overcome his problems and defeat his enemy. Mr. Miyagi is a master at the art of karate and pushes Daniel to try his very hardest and never give up on his goals. Daniel goes through many ups and downs,

I was able to compare my own experience of moving from Guatemala to his journey towards the United States. The reason I mention health disparities is because it greatly impacted our lives. For example, I lived with a supportive family, inside of a safe neighborhood, and given an opportunity of excellent education. Luis, on the other hand, was involved in a gang affiliated family, an unsafe neighborhood, and given low quality education. The opportunities I was given was the chance of getting a free degree from a college in Roswell, I was taught good morals such as independance and determination, a full time job with benefits, and although it’s indirect, the health disparities I was involved in is what helped me to achieve these opportunities to a positive future. The same applies to Luis, but he managed to overcome the obstacles that came with the terrible environment he was involved in and managed to become a good example for not just his family, but others who read this story who may be influenced. Perhaps one day I could write a story of my own about my experiences in order to reach out to my generation, just as Luis

Immigration is a very dangerous and risky journey. Everyday immigrants try so hard to make it to the United States. This journey involves parents trying to support kids back home, families trying to start over, or kids trying to get to their mom; but some do not make it through this hardship. Those individuals, who make it, try like never before to support themselves and the family they needed to leave behind. Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario is a well written novel that uses many pathos, logos, and ethos examples. Each one of them is used effectively because of the way students are persuaded in believing there true. Elements from the quotes can reveal that Sonia is knowledgeable and

Each year, thousands of Central American immigrants embark on a dangerous journey from Mexico to the United States. Many of these migrants include young children searching for their mothers who abandoned them. In Enrique’s Journey, former Los Angeles Times reporter, Sonia Nazario, recounts the compelling story of Enrique, a young Honduran boy desperate to reunite with his mother. Thanks to her thorough reporting, Nazario gives readers a vivid and detailed account of the hardships faced by these migrant children.

Page 225 of the Afterward asks “Is immigration good for the migrants themselves? Is it good for the countries from which they are migrating? Is it good for the United States and its citizens?” Answer these questions, supporting your answer with information found in the Afterword section of the book.

Dan-el Padilla Peralta writes a compelling autobiography, Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League, and composes his successes and failures throughout his life. Instead of complaining about his difficulties, he explained how he overcame the problem. One conflict I found engrossing was when Dan-el took the risk to study abroad his senior year. “There was just one problem: the ten-year ban on re-entering the country if I left the United States to study abroad.” (233) When Dan-el found out he won the scholarship to Oxford, he worked with Princeton to secure a visa to the United Kingdom. On September 15, 2006, worrying about the ten-year ban on re-entering America, Dan-el left for England.

“Heroic Journeys: The Immigrant Experience as the Hero’s Journey in El Norte and La misma luna” is written by Professor Susan Wiebe Drake of Murray State University, analyzing the relationship between Joseph Campbell’s theory of “hero’s journey” and two Latino-produced films: El Norte and La misma luna. According to the author’s analysis, in both films, undocumented immigrants are portrayed as heroes, because they all went through three phases corresponding to Campbell’s theory about the heroic journey: departure, initiation, and return. However, one significant difference between the demonstration of heroes in these films and Campbell’s theory is that, neither of the endings of both films is explicitly shown as positive, due to the failure of undocumented immigrants to assimilate to American culture.

He’s gotten better in speaking and understanding English, but nowhere in school. Continuously being suspended or kicked out of school, he gave up, being rejected wherever he went came with a hard attitude and a tougher shell which didn’t work out with teachers and his parents. Being so young and already exposed to sex, heartbreaks, drugs, violence, and suicidal thoughts, how could it? Gang after gang he finally stuck to Lomas, going through tough initiations, friends dying, gang wars, and going in and out of jail. Later on, he takes interest to go back to school with the help of adults who knew he could do so much more, even though that process of staying in school would be a bumpy one. Finally, he sticks to Mark Keppel High School, where his life starts to slowly change for the better. He joined a school program for Chicanos called To.H.M.A.S, became the male mascot for the school, and later became the president of To.H.M.A.S. He was doing better than ever, but gang problems still lingered and unfairness to Chicano students at the school caused Luis to take action. There were ups and downs, trying to get the two rival gangs Lomas and Sangra to make amends and have peace wouldn’t last long, and Luis still got into trouble with the police, of course for being Mexican was a big part of it. Back and forth he battled with getting through high school years, but in the end he was able to graduate and win 250 bucks

Although many in her predominately Catholic community looked down on her for being a single mother, she strove to abide by the values that eventually drove Freddy to enlist in the United States Marine Corps: a sense of hard work, devotion to duty, and love of country. Sergeant Alfredo “Freddy” Gonzalez was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Hue City- for his valiant defense of his men and his drive to achieve the objective. He was the only Marine in the Tet Offensive combat to receive such an honor.

Many people think that they can be success without an educational background, but a fourteen-year-old ambitious Hispanic boy Francisco Jimenez, Breaking Through, Jiménez. He knows that moving to the United State could help him to bet for a better future. He puts all his effort to study diligently, overcome and manipulate a foreign language and culture. Beside that, working hard on his part time job also required, earning money, gaining knowledge is the only way to keep him and his family survive. After I read his book, I found out that Francisco, and I have a range of similar formidable circumstance. We both are staying in an unfamiliar place, we have the same purpose to come to the US. We also have to face the financial issue, culture shock

Ernesto galarza was a Mexican-American boy who tells a story of how he immigrated to california and successfully navigated the public school system. Galarza was not the only foreigner there was a skinny italian boy, manuel a fat portuguese boy, and galarza's

In conclusion, both  Dan-el Padilla and I had a difficult undocumented life in the USA, but we made those hard situations the reason to make us better people. Nonetheless Dan-el had better opportunities than I, unfortunately I never had the chance  to start my education without regulate my immigration status. Being undocumented gave us the power to look beyond our miseries and limitations. We looked to the difficulties us a normal problems that add experiences to turn us ambitions strong to reach a better place in life.  The pleasure to learning is us motivation that make a difference from others undocumented people. We will never lose hope, regardless of our situations. In a million undocumented people that live in the USA, there are people