Reflection On One Last Time By Gary Soto

In Robert Cormier’s novel, We All Fall Down, is a young-adult thriller that explores the evil side of humanity through a number of corrupt characters. Cormier, to a large extent, accurately depicts manipulative and dishonest behaviour whilst also showing the evil lurking within the prominent characters of Harry Flowers, Buddy Walker and Mickey Stallings who showcase the dark side of humanity. Cormier explores this through Harry Flower’s manipulative actions that result in the suffering of others. Additionally, the constant dishonest behaviour is shown predominantly through the main protagonist of Buddy Walker, who deceives the one he loves. Cormier continues to depict the evil lurking in society through the theme of appearance

When reading Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, I was reminded about the struggles of being an immigrant in the United States with all of the barriers with learning a new language and culture. I really saw this when it came to all Spanish words that are written in the book. To be able to understand her own culture, the reader has to have a basic understanding of Spanish. Culture is really taught through language, and there is a lot missing if the reader does not have this basic understanding. When immigrating to the States, people have to learn English not only to communicate well, but to fill out paperwork, and to understand the culture. For this essay I am going to focus on one story that resonated a lot with me when I was reading

Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, shares his life-long journey as an undocumented immigrant in his text, “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant.” As the title suggests, Vargas attempts to convey to his audience, who likely never has and never will experience anything similar to what he has, what it is like to live as an immigrant in the United States of America. Skillfully, Vargas details the perfect number of personal stories to reach the emotional side of his audience, which is anyone who is not an immigrant. Through the use of his personal accounts Vargas is able to effectively communicate that immigrants are humans too while simultaneously proving his credibility, as he has experience and a vast amount of knowledge

It was a wonderful eye-opening experience to interview Carmen Anton, a Spanish immigrant for this project. I learned so many things about how she arrived in American as a small child with only her sister by her side and her strive to become American. The emotional struggles of Carmen and her sister, Elena, were real and I didn’t realize it was that emotionally draining to come to a new country. Her experience showed me how hard it is to fit into a new society knowing absolutely nothing about the world she was dropped into. The fact that she flew here with her younger sister and then live for three months without her parents to guide her in this unfamiliar setting, shows me how strong and brave Carmen was at the young age of eight. When she first came, she assumed it would be like

Jose Antonio Vargas, courageous author of the essay “Outlaw”, contributes a first-hand life story to the boiling pot that is the argument over immigration. He recalls his own story chronologically, beginning with the month and words spoken by his mother on his day of departure over twenty years ago. He justifies the reasoning behind his leaving by retelling almost every illegal immigrant’s initiative, a craving for “a better life”. Vargas takes the reader on his journey, piggybacking through his fight for citizenship. He explains the numerous obstacles he’s had to bob and weave around and the laws he’s had to duck and cover for. On paper, Jose is the perfect American citizen, loved by his teachers and bosses a clean cut right side of the tracks

Illegal immigration is a very controversial issue in the United States. Fred Reed, a citizen of Jalisco, Mexico argues why fault Mexico for illegal immigration when the United States chose to let them in. He is a citizen of Mexico who seems knowledgeable of the issue. He talks about arguments made by both Mexico and the United States Government. Reed appeals to ethos by referencing a credible book De Los Maras a Los Zetas, that talks about the corrupt border guards who take bribes for illegal passage. He uses pathos to evoke an emotional response from the audience by appealing to their emotion of empathy an anger. He paints the picture of these harmless hard working immigrants looking for a better life for themselves and their family. Everyone

Chapter five it made me think about how Americans used the Hispanic/Latino Americans for their own benefit. I could not believe the treatment they received after having their land taken away. And after the Hispanics accepted that and joined the American military, they were still mistreated. Hispanics were also very beneficial to a white farmer because they were paid at very low wages to farm the land. Yet, even after being hard laborers, Hispanics were denied equal rights to education, they were often put into segregated schools and were only taught in English. Superintendents required their schools to only instruct in English. The chapter made me feel very sorry for Hispanic/Latino Americans. I felt that they were obviously mistreated after having their land stripped away from them. I also felt very ashamed to call myself an American after knowing the ancestors of this land took away cultures from all kinds of people. This chapter made me wonder how someone can do this to someone. I am always fascinated and intrigued when I hear about someone’s culture, who is often different from my own.

Today we had a speaker named Alex from Puentes come in and speak to the class about the history of hispanic immigrants. There are thousands of Mexican immigrants are suffering in South Philly. Not just only in South Philly, but other area as well. Migrants work extremely hard, but get paid very little. Majority of migrants work at a construction place and at a restaurant (kitchen). Alex also explained about the three resources that Puentes provides including the clinic, social, and education. Alex main focus was education because she wants to build a better future for the kids and the adults. Alex and the others are currently trying to build a high school for the kids which is immensely fascinating.

This article focuses on the good and bad consequences of illegal immigration, and the many laboring hours these illegal immigrants struggle through in order to earn minimum wage to support their families. One example of an illegal immigrant trying to provide enough for their family is Cristina Melendez. "The 36-year-old mother of seven was desperate. Her bank account had been at zero for months, the refrigerator was nearly empty, and she didn't have enough money to cover the rent," In Nation’s Breadbasket states. There were many things that lead up to Melendez not having enough money to provide for herself or her family of seven, one of those reasons being the fact that she lived in the country illegally, but this all started with her father, "who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in the late 1970s to pick oranges."

This essay is going to explore different aspects of living in this country illegally. What a lot of people believe versus what may be fact. This subject elicits a lot of emotion from readers and writers. A lot of people believe what they are told by the media and they don’t try to see the illegal Mexicans any different from the way they are portrayed in the news or the political ad. A lot of people believe that the illegal Mexicans are coming to this country and taking jobs away from Americans. One more way to look at illegal Mexicans living here is that they will work the jobs that Americans don’t want. This essay is going to explore what people think about illegal Mexicans; work ethic or the lack of a work ethic, and their family values or the perceived lack of family values, it is also going to explore what happens when illegal Mexicans are arrested.

The novel that I chose to read for this project is “The Illegal” by Lawrence Hill. Many of you may know him from an earlier book, called “The Book of Negroes”. In “The Illegal”, Hill takes on the complex, pressing issues of our moment in time, including race and discrimination, the movement of refugees across borders and the political fight to define who belongs and who is “an illegal.”

The United States and Mexico have had an irregular relationships from the moment the alliance was established under the Spanish Empire. Immigration between the two have been fluid up until the 1920s. There has been a steady influx of drifters before, and there has been a regular flow ever since. Yet, migration from Latin America has festered since the last of the 2000s. In spite of this, Latinos have been held to be the largest minority by the end of 2050. Children are attending schools across the nation, attending all levels from pre-school to college. What they are not learning are the heavily influential individuals who made it possible for them to do so. Textbooks do not speak about or touch on them; do not dedicate chapters to all that

The United States of America, where people come and go from all over the world. Either legally or illegally, people are pursuing the American Dream. Fighting to survive and feed their families. Taking their chances just to get a chance to a new life… a better life. This is why the United States of America is the most diverse nation in the world. With America being so diverse how do you take care of the illegal immigration it has going on. How do you stop people from coming in illegally? How do you know who is legal and who is not, without pointing out certain races only? I am going to hit certain topics that come with deportation. I will be analyzing ways of ICE taking care of the problem, and what outcomes it is causing. Outcomes on how they find illegal immigrants. What violations happen when they do, and how themselves and their families are being treated in this process.

During the previous lessons, students were introduced to immigration and the various reasons that groups of people came to America. They learned what immigration is and how it transformed the nation we live in. However, this lesson helps the students articulate their prior knowledge by examining current event topics to create a unique immigration story. In this lesson, students will be called to the community area, where they will discuss and analyze the characteristics of a diary, such as the format, events, and emotions that should be illustrated within the writing. To assist the students in forming ideas and opinions for their diary, they be will asked questions such as, “How would you feel if you were a Dreamer?”, “How would you feel if

As a daughter of an immigrant I always felt that I was in the middle of a tug of war between my Mexican culture and my American culture. However, I learned that it was actually the construction of a bridge between the two and that the two sides where not as far apart as I thought. By getting to know more people, I realized that I was not alone and brought on a passion to teach about the Hispanic culture, the importance of perseverance, and power of optimism.