Poem Analysis: Borders

Besides the author’s writing style, the plot of this book was very interesting and sad. Jamal’s older brother was in jail due to murder and his mother is a single parent that has to work nearly 24 hours a day to support Jamal and his

I believe that it's safe to say I enjoyed the read and would recommend it to other readers around the school. However, constantly it went against my thinking and made me angry quite often. What made me so angry and upset was how often it skipped over things such as the law and tried to hide and cover the fact that what Enrique and his mother were doing throughout the whole story was illegal. The author constantly tried to hide the fact of the truth and try to make people forget about the bad side of what they were doing, even though they had good intentions, it still is hiding the truth in a sense when as a journalist you should say only the truth and the whole story. Not try to hide things from the reader to essentially manipulate them. Another example of this hiding is when she constantly used the word “migrants” instead of “immigrants” when people had directly left one country into another meaning immigrants not migrants, essentially again I think she did this because the word immigrants looks bad because often times immigrants have tainted the word by their actions. Because of all these things, I think it was way to much of a political agenda to appeal more to illegal immigrants. The story did spark some emotion in me as what happens to Enrique on his journey is truly sad and makes you feel sympathetic for him. He has to go through lots of beatings and constantly being taken advantage of throughout his whole journey. What made me feel hopeful or Enrique is that he was able to eventually see his mother, and that hopefully more kids can be reunited with their mothers or families, I’d prefer though that it was legally but I am happy for Enrique that he was able to see his mother. I don't think that Enrique’s Journey shouldn't be a necessary read as I think it tells a good story yet has no thing that really is learned from it, as lots of times what it is sharing goes

With the multitude of characters and their thought provoking pasts, one can certainly learn much from their perseverance and determination. The rating I would give it would be four and one half out of five. The book itself was delightful and captivating, as well as the intriguing characters, but the tone was sometimes a bit slow and could be a boring to some degree. Any minor characters in this book seemed so much more than one would expect from non-fiction. The characters in general mentioned in this story were often given many descriptive details and did not seem like they were just there for show. They truly aided in helping paint the picture of the students and school, making it seem more like it was like any regular high school. This book was extremely interesting and truly makes one think about how immigration is a serious matter that can turn dangerous at almost any

Lorna Dee Cervantes' poem, “Poema para los Californios Muertos” (“Poem for the Dead Californios”), is a commentary on what happened to the original inhabitants of California when California was still Mexico, and an address to the speaker's dead ancestors. Utilizing a unique dynamic, consistently alternating between Spanish and English, Cervantes accurately represents the fear, hatred, and humility experienced by the “Californios” through rhythm, arrangement, tone, and most importantly, through use of language.

Conflict was used effectively in the short story to reveal the theme of the story. The boy has an internal conflict about which parent to stay with, and because his father left, he seemed to have favored him. He wanted him back so badly that every night, he watches him on the six o’clock news while wearing his old jackets. He was blinded by his father’s sudden departure that he forgot about what is really important. Additionally, another development in the short story’s conflict has been used effectively to reveal the theme. When the boy went to Macdonald’s to see his father’s true colors, he thought: “I finished my drink quickly, thankful that he had to be back in the studio for the news.” By the time he saw his dad for the first time in a while, he knew he was not the man he thought he was. At that moment, he also realized that he lost sight of what he had all this time: His mother’s unconditional love. If it wasn’t for the characterization of

The cast of ‘An Immigrant Journey’ did a good job on effectively creating the stories, and making the stories easier for the audience members to follow. The plot, the setting of each individual story and characters were effectively written, which helped establish the story that was being told. I thought that it was very cleaver before the play even started, that students

the plot in the story, the minimalistic style, and theme, the author better develops and conveys

The way in which this story is told I find is very unique. The Book Of Unknown Americans is written in a first person perpective where each chaacter gets to personnaly introduce themselves and explain their life story. When reading this book it almost feels as if you are talking one on one with a close friend. Henriquez has a way of pulling your right through text and submerging you into the same word as the characters throughout the book. Henriquez makes a point of keeping the characters thoughts and emotions very clear, its as if we are the character. Its very easy to realte to eachinduvidual in the story, which is purposefully done by the auther in order to make Henriquez message clear on what she wants us, the reader, to take away from her fictional book. No matter where we come from, we all want the same things in life, to find love, safety, and a sense of purpose inthis world. Just becasue osmeone is a foreigner does not mean that their ambitions what they strive for in life are foreign concepts as well. We are all human and must treat one another as nothing less.

The writer accomplishes making the writing more interesting by, using three of many expectations for a ninth grader which are, connotation, syntax, and imagery. He used all of these categories various times throughout the story/memoir. All of these helped in making the memoir more emotional and what makes it impacting. In this memoir we are given a true and emotional impacting words that make us feel various emotions inside. This memoir succeeds in using connotation, syntax, and imagery to create a bigger impact when it comes to the reader’s

Let’s start at the beginning; getting the papers to get to the USA was difficult enough. The road to the place was a long time. After getting there the wait for your name to be called was even longer, after days of waiting in that same place and having to rent a place to stay they finally called the name we wanted to hear. Waiting forever made everyone restless and fatigued but it was worth the wait. After a whole week of waiting we got the papers and drove to the place where the house was, which was Corona, a one day trip with some rest. We got to Corona and finally to a new home.

The novel shows equality and gives the reader information on hardships experienced by Latinos without a show of feelings or complaint. When reading the novel, I found it interesting to read that Puerto Ricans are exiled and I found it

The stories central problem is how they move a lot being illegal immigrants. They face many conflicts like when the baby gets ill and they do not have money for anything. Another conflict the family faces is the moving around. That is the conflict because he has to keep

I do think that the story could have even more depth, to really push out some of those emotions they are feeling that they can’t completely understand as children, and as human. That kind of loss and grieve takes a real toll on people and their arguments show their attempts of coping and I really want to be part of their

For a first novel, the prose was lovely, and the mystery and alienation came through in the story that always danced over and across a line of fantasy, leaving multiple avenues to interpret parts of the story. It was intangible as ice or snow in the sun, melting and reforming.

whole read. It was very easy for me to see how the writer was influenced by his friends to treat