The Circuit By Francisco Jimenez Analysis

Immigration has played a large role in the history of the United States since the very founding of the country. As even the founding fathers of the United States were immigrants coming to the U.S. to seek a better life. For varies reasons, immigrants have been traveling to America to seek a better life whether to achieve better economic opportunity, religious freedom, and/or political refuge (Jiménez). These reasons have caused immigrants to flood into the U.S. In the most recent years’, weather to allow immigration to keep going as it is has been a hot topic for America. This controversy over immigration has grown as Americans continue to wonder if immigration is still good for the country. Therefore, the immigration controversy has many Americans

70% of migrant workers are children who work in terrible conditions. Two-thirds of which drop out of school and aren’t able to get a proper education. In the short story “The Circuit” by Francisco Jimenez he puts his experience into creating a family of Migrant workers. In his story, Panchito is a young boy traveling place to place following the harvest. Francisco Jimenez uses language and setting to display the hardships Panchito and his family face.

Francisco Jimenez's novel, "The Circuit," delivers entertaining, heart-wrenching stories told through the eyes of a young migrant child. This brief book allows us to have a look inside the life of an illegal immigrant family and their battle with poverty through an array of short stories which are based on the author's own experiences. I enjoyed this quick read with the subjects of hope, kindness, and hard work displayed throughout the story. I think that the novel's style is easy to understand yet won't fail in captivating the reader's attention, making it all the more a pleasant read.

teacher who was supposed to take him in and teach him, help nurture him, encourage him, and inspire his will to learn did nothing but completely write him off for the simple fact that this child didn’t speak english. She “couldn’t deal with him” so she sat him in a corner and ignored him. The situation was no different when Grillo was sent to another class, yet again he was sat in a corner the only difference this time being that the teacher was a little nicer about telling him he wasn’t wanted. However despite the sweetness she injected into her voice Luis still knew he wasn’t wanted, so due to his mistreatment he became reluctant to talk to anyone; even to ask to go the bathroom. As Grillo got older his outlook on school only got worse, he became a troubled child

Mothers are known to be the bond that holds a family together because it is their obligation to provide the essential care and support needed for the growth of children. The sustenance a mother grant to a child is very important because it provides them with an unimaginable source of development;physically and mentally. In the book “ Enrique’s Journey”, the author highlights many events tackling the issue of immigration and the impact it has on the lives of many individual families. Throughout the book, both the main character and his mother goes through so many calamities and confusion regarding the idea of loss. Nevertheless , the main character's mother strongly believes that traveling to the United States for work holds a great satisfaction

The younger son, Richard Rodriguez, wrote his story of growing up and being educated in his family. He explains, very early in his life education change him and brought upon him. School focus his to speak only English, his parents encouraged him becoming an educated person and they pushed him to work hard at school. At the same time his parents didn’t want him to forgot his language and culture. After that he challenge himself, speak more English than Spanish until English become his primary language. The more he successes the less he connects with his family, this is a big effect his family life, his parents would feel so painful about his life had changed. In his reading see like he doesn’t happy with his successes.

Migrant workers are the reason our families to have the fruits and vegetables they need year-round. I have read the article on Cesar Chavez’s, a man who was born into a family of migrant workers, and watched a video about migrant workers. The video and article are similar, but also different in the following ways.

Valeria Hernandez was born May 9th, 1999 in Fort Collins, Colorado. After six weeks of her birth, her family decided to move back home to Temosachic, Chihuahua MX. After two years of being there, they returned to Fort Collins. By this time, she was fluent in Spanish and beginning her life in the United States. Going into classes for preschoolers she began to understand the difficulties that lay ahead. During the first few months of her education, it was difficult being social by having a translator help her around in this new institution. After a few weeks, she learned enough English to understand directions on her own and to enjoy playtime with her new friends. Then came elementary school; attending a bilingual institution, for English and

In this paper the topic of immigrant labor is that people from around the world have long immigrated to the United States seeking employment opportunities to have a better life style, but while the U.S. economy has benefited by the talents and energy of migrants and immigrants there have also been concerns. According to Immigrant Labor (2015),

“Remember, remember always,that all of us, and you and I especially,are descended from immigrants and revolutionists” by Franklin D. Roosevelt. This paper will explain what immigrants go through when they are trying to cross borders legally. I am writing to educators and not-for-profit leaders hoping to open their eyes to what is going on in this world every day. It all began with people wanting the American Dream.

Jose understands at a young age that in order to escape the indentured life of working in a sugar cane plantation like his ancestors before him, he must do something different. In the classroom, Jose is a very bright student as seen through his peers and especially his professor who eventually helped Jose get into a prestigious school because of his academic excellence. He assures his grandmother who is his sole provider and family that one day she’ll no longer have to work tirelessly in the sugar cane plantation. Jose dreams of taking work in a more profitable and higher field then the plantation his community is chained to all being done by attaining

The article, called Migrant Rights, talks about the unfortunate situations migrants of all kinds face as well as the actions taken to make them better. The article sheds light on the plights that migrants face such as when illegals come into other countries they are treated worse than other immigrants. In order to protect migrant workers rights, the International Labor Organization was formed. This organization works to ensure that migrant workers get fair and just treatment. The article also touches on the fact that even though there are laws in order to protect migrants economic rights, they still have economic and social problems. The International Labor Organization has created standards to help migrants’ economic problems; however, few

of people across the borders have created more labor in today’s society. There are many migrant and racialized immigrant workers, across the world, that have accepted cheap labour to be abused. Nowadays at the border of countries is what controls the increasingly amount of largely temporary migrant workers

Perhaps the biggest issue that hinders our understanding of migrant work is racial and ethnic biases. The ‘American Dream’ that we know today was built by the labor of slaves and immigrants. Americans like to think that our ancestors created this great country justly and without suffering, but one could argue that America has not advanced much past the days of its founding. At times we are all guilty of assuming that

America is a country that relies on immigrants; the nation would not be here today without migrants coming to the country. There are many stories on the news and in the literature that tell people about the immigrant experience. For people to explore the issue of immigration a person may look at the writing of Junot Diaz. Diaz is a Dominican writer who shares his immigration experiences through short stories. A person might also look at articles from New York Times that addresses the reasons why men and women migrate to the U.S. When comparing these sources it becomes enticing because of the similarities in thought, family, opportunities, and dreams. The differences show how immigrants view the laws and authority.