Techniques In The Red Umbrella

There are similar techniques used in both readings. One similarity is figurative language. One example of figurative language from The Red Umbrella in the text is “ My heart thumped loudly in my ears.” One example of figurative language from Band-aid For 800 children from the text is “Every child is also a job.” another similarity is the tone. They both have a tone of sadness. Sadness is shown in The Red Umbrella when the father of the children are telling

Frida Kahlo , the disabled optimistic artist , and “Legal Alien”, by Pat Mora are the same but differ in many ways , concerning back towards Cultural identity . They both differ in cultural identity , but have similar futures is tone , conflict , theme / message.

In addition to this, belonging to a family is a key concept in this novel. The novel opens with an alluring introduction to the family; a blissful atmosphere is created through the picturesque icons of their family life. The composer uses small photograph like icons to allude towards the widely acknowledged contentment that is readily associated with the memories in a picture album. Tan introduces the motif of the paper crane which he carries through the length of his novel as a symbol of affection and belonging between the family members. The next pages signify the break in contentment as the man begins his journey and a salient image of the couple with their hands grasping the other’s parallels the anxiety and despair in their downcast facial expressions. Although the gloomy atmosphere, the light sepia tones in the picture allow an insight into the tender and loving relationship that the family members share. Upon the man’s departure the paper crane motif returns and he hands it to his daughter as a token of his undying love for her. His migratory experience is studded by the comfort and ease that he obtains from a picture of his family. In paralleled scenes on the boat and the new apartment, the

In the novel Enrique’s Journey, Sonia Nazario demonstrates the onerous journey of illegal immigrants. Sonia Nazario aims for the readers to make them understand what most of the immigrants go through during their journey to the United States. By appealing to ethos and pathos throughout the book, Sonia Nazario portrays the path that Enrique undergoes to reunite with his mother.

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

Wilkerson, Isabel. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration. New York, NY: Random House, 2010.

As travellers venture out on journeys they will need to leave behind memories and belongings, as a result sacrifices must be made in order for them to proceed onwards to their destination. This idea can be seen in the departure of the migrants from their home country in Crossing the Red Sea by Peter Skrznecki. As the migrants depart on journey for freedom they “watch a sunset they would never see again” this metaphor is symbolic of the home country, and how they would never be able to see their home ever again. Leaving their home country is a sacrifice made by the migrants in order to search for freedom from their war torn homeland, as a result the decision has offered them a new life. The migrants are now free form their war torn country as they have overcame an obstacle by choosing to leave behind their memories, their belongings and heading on a journey to find freedom. The sun setting symbolises the end of a chapter within their story, an

Though the viewers focus first on the centered figures, it is easier to first analyze the surrounding settings to understand them. The stone wall foreground and the open fields of the background each embodies one of the girl’s thoughts. The back landscape is filled with warm, airy colors of blue and orange, as if it were under a bright sun. On the other hand, the foreground’s stone walls and concrete floor has dark, cold, shadowy, earthy colors that seem to appear as if under a stormy cloud. The sunny land suggests free, pure, spacious land previous to the industrialization. Yet, the darkened foreground due to the overcasting shadows resemble the currently dirty,

As a formal analysis, this artwork has a figure in the center of the page, which can be assumed to be the focal point due to its positioning in the center of the picture plane. Also, this artwork is monochromatic, and the only color used is the hue green. Towards the top left-hand corner, there are darker shades of green, which make this part seem to be in front of the rest of the picture by using overlapping to convey depth. Also, towards the right side of the picture, the people seem lighter and appear farther away than the dark shaded buildings Additionally, since the figure in the center of the work is larger and more detailed than the other figures, it appears that the center figure is closer to the viewer.

The book The red Umbrella, written by Christina Diaz Gonzalez, is set during the Cuban Revolution mostly in two towns, Puerto Mijares and Grand Island Nebraska. The author of this book made a careful choice in where the setting will take place because it has great importance in the meaning of this book (GOGB NEW #2). In this story you will read about a family that faced many hardships during the revolution. The family had to make some very hard and life-changing decisions. The family sent their children away in hopes that they can have a better life. Frankie and Lucy, the two children, had to lean a whole new language and take care of each other because their parents are not in this new country that they had traveled to. Frankie and Lucy were

“The Red Umbrella, by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and Migration Photograph,” both include the subject of imagery. It show the characters feelings throughout each event. The main subject is about how family separation is caused by immigration, and is shown by imagery in both texts.

The Red Umbrella, by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and "A 'Band-Aid' for 800 Children" by Eli Sastow both portray the same subject of immigration and how it affects families. The authors of these texts use some similar techniques to portray the subject. But also how they use some very different techniques to express their feelings about serious effects that immigration has for families. Both texts are different and similar, they both have to do with deportation but both of them are not about the cuban revolution. Both of this excerpts is mainly about deportation and family separation.

In the photograph the author shows that there are no woman in the picture or children so that shows that the men are separated from their family. In the Red Umbrella it shows Family Separation because the kids get separated from her parents because the parents want the best for

Vargas and Yang’s article can be compared to another because they bought talk about the struggle one has to go through if you are a non-American, specifically a white born American. Although it is possible to succeed, Vargas and yang explain with example how much harder they have to work to achieve the American dream. Yet, they are also very different in the fact that Vargas came to this county illegally, oppose to Yang was born in this country. Vargas struggles and hurtles where due more to documentation, compare to Yang’s struggle comes down to Asian culture and what they have become use to and accept there role as American Asians.

In the text “The Red Umbrella” by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and the text “Band-Aid For 800 Children” by Eli Saslow both show the subject of immigration and how it separates families. These texts have lots differences even though the subjects are the same. The authors use similar techniques to portray one subject which is immigration. One technique the authors used that where similar is the tone, both of the authors used the tone of sad. In The Red Umbrella Lucy's parents are telling her she will be sent away out of the country with her brother.