The Cariboo Cafe

The author creates a mood of being irritating by her “…awful grandmother…” and brothers “…Alfredito and Enrique…” who are occupied playing outside as “… a B-Fifty-two bomber…” [paragraph 5] and her grandmother with a “… long, long list of relatives … names of the dead and the living into one long prayer…” [paragraph 10]. Including, the imagery provided in the short story described the character’s actions by watching her grandmother pray while she counts her grandmother’s mustache hairs. Later, an unknown lady and man start talking to her brother asking if she could take a picture, than judging by their looks, they assume they do not speak English but only

He sees that by doing so, Richard will not only please the preacher, but he will demonstrate the strong love he has for his mother. This finally makes him do what he was trying to avoid most. Although he has a rough childhood, it is clear that love remains in his heart, but as he begins to be deprived from it more and more, his hunger for it becomes less intense.

  The novels The House on Mango Street (Cisneros 1984) and Woman Hollering Creek (Cisneros 1992) relate the new American through the eyes of Cisneros. The women in both novels are caught in the middle of their ethnic identity and their American identity, thus creating the "New American." Cisneros moved between Mexico and the United States often while growing up, thus making her feel "homeless and displaced" (Jones and Jorgenson 109).

Cristina Henriquez’, The Book of Unknown Americans, folows the story of a family of immigants adjusting to their new life in the United States of America. The Rivera family finds themselves living within a comunity of other immigrants from all over South America also hoping to find a better life in a new country. This book explores the hardships and injustices each character faces while in their home country as well as withina foreign one, the United States. Themes of community, identity, globalization, and migration are prevalent throughout the book, but one that stood out most was belonging. In each chacters viewpoint, Henriquez explores their feelings of the yearning they have to belong in a community so different than the one that they are used to.

At the age of five Enrique and his older sister Belky are left behind in Honduras when their mother Lourdes left to America. When Enrique’s mother left he was split-up from Belky who went to live with their aunt Rosa Amelia while Enrique was sent to live with their father. The separation of Enrique from his mother set in motion the path of Enrique’s life. It is not long after Enrique is left in his care that his father

In the short story by Helena Maria Viramontes, “The Cariboo Café’, describes several of the key issues many immigrants face daily when living in the United States. The short story is broken down to three different narrative sections. Each section illustrates different problems that are being faced by the Chicano/a community. The story describes the lives of Chicano/a immigrants, a Central American refugee, and the owner of the café. Each part is given by different perspectives of the characters, which later all three narrations are place together to reveal the ending of the story. Throughout the three narrations multiple themes and topics can be connected to current issues about immigration. Viramontes is able to describe the scenarios and

Cisneros’ family bounced back and forth between Mexico and the United States for most of her youth, which led to firsthand experience in the difficulties of growing up as a multicultural person (Doyle. 54-55). As an adult, she settled in San Antonio, Texas, but that feeling of not belonging to either culture never left her. She drew on this feeling as inspiration for many works, including “Woman Hollering Creek,” a short story about a Mexican woman, named Cleofilas, brought to live in the United States by her new husband. She is excited to leave her lazy brothers and old-fashioned father behind, and dreams of the endless possibilities that

“I loved them both. The one I called auntie and the one I called uncle.”, Langston exclaims at the end of the story. Reminiscing on how important those two have been and always will be to him. At the dinner table the night before the revival, Mary notices something is the matter with Langston and inquires as to why his whole mood as changed. Why it is not the one he normally has, especially during dinner time. Langston fails to respond. As if he does not quite know the word choice in which he would use to explain to his aunt the cares and concerns he has. James responds, “He’s afraid of what you said. He’s afraid of being saved.” Mary Reed, distraught, replies to this theory by confronting Langston. “Is that right boy? I thought you were looking forward to it.”, she says with disappointment in her voice. Langston immediately tries to mend the situation, “I am auntie! It’s just…I…nothing.”. Bring himself to tell her the truth and how he felt, he could not. It can be inferred that Langston had the burden of possibly disappointing and letting down his aunt, someone he loved dearly. A burden he could not

Because she begins recalling her childhood, the attachment that she feels towards her brother causes her to dismiss her brother’s disorderly conduct. So even when her brother was out committing crimes, getting drunk, and more, she did not feel that it was important to brood over, because the image does not fit with the perception that she has of him.

First of all, the setting of this novel contributes to the Rivera family’s overall perception of what it means to be an American. To start this off, the author chooses a small American city where groups of Latino immigrants with their own language and traditions, lived together in the same apartment building. All these immigrants experienced similar problems since they moved from their countries. For example, in the novel after every other chapter the author

The effect of this heartache was that he murdered Richard Fowler when he was with Ann. He even says to the son’s father Matt Fowler “He was making it with my wife” (497). This is significant because this shows how he felt the murder was justified because he disliked Richard for being with his ex. Also it relates to the thesis statement by showing how Richard’s heartache over another man being with his wife led him to commit murder. Not only did he justify his actions, but he felt no guilt for them and never regretted what he did to the father. The effects of his violence were going to land him in prison for over 20 years, but because he took bail the father was able to get his revenge on

There is no actual reference as to why he committed this crime we can only make suggestions. Perhaps it was because she would not forsake her affluent companions for him, or because he felt she did not share his

Cisneros' The House on Mango Street is a novel about the importance of not forgetting where you come from. Esperanza, a young Latino girl and the story's main character, wants to

A mother drives her three kids to soccer practice in a Ford minivan while her husband stays at the office, rushing to finish a report. Meanwhile, a young woman prays her son makes his way home from the local grocery without getting held up at knife point by the local gang. Nearby, an immigrant finishes another 14-hour shift at the auto parts factory, trying to provide for his wife and child, struggling to make way in a new land. Later, a city girl hails a cab to meet her girlfriends at their favorite club to celebrate her new promotion over cosmopolitans. These people – the suburban soccer mom, the tired immigrant, the worried mother from the hood, and the successful city girl – each represent the

The case presented involves the Polaris Cafe’ located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The Polaris Café was founded by four partners: Ben Reynolds, responsible for marketing and public relations; Kyle Roman, the overall manager; Sid Carter, responsible for the financial management, potential investors, and obtaining bank loans; and Dominick Trioli, responsible for payroll and purchasing. New Brunswick is a college town, home to Rutgers University and several large corporations, such as Johnson & Johnson.