The Conflict Of The And Bottom Feeders

Living in Mexico throughout her teen years was very rough. Unlike other teenagers where their parents constantly provide for their children, Marisela’s life was a lot different than the usual parent- child relationship. She lived with her Abuela ( Grandma) Lupe, along with her 3 brothers and sister. She constantly had to take care of her brothers and sister at such a young age, that she became the mother-like figure of the

Enrique’s journey from Honduras to the U.S. unveils the innate loyalty of a loving child to their mother and presents the dangers that a migrant faces on the road with consistent angst; nevertheless, it supports the idea that compassion shown by some strangers can boost the retreating confidence within a person. In Sonia Nazario’s “Enrique’s Journey,” he seeks the beacon of light that all migrants hope to encounter; “El Norte.” Like many children before him, it is the answer to the problems of a hard life. While being hunted down “like animals” leading to “seven futile attempts,” he is

She is still planning on coming home in the next few years, little does she know that she will never return to her hometown in Honduras. She calls every year, she talks to Enrique, hearing the changes in his voice as he ages. She receives begs from her mother and he children asking her to please come home, the calls never last long.

In the memoir, “The Distance Between Us,” by Reyna Grande, Natalio makes a decision which cost him to lose everything he once had. Natalio leaves Juana and his three kids to make money in El Otro Lado to build his dream house in Mexico. Since he couldn’t make enough money on his own, he takes the mother of his three kids as well. This decision creates a distance between all of them, because no matter how close by they are in Los Angeles after they migrated to the United States the harmony amongst his family is never established. Mago, Carlos, and Reyna get humiliated as they are left with their wicked grandmother Evila. They are looked down on as orphans. Their economic status in Mexico makes them want to give up on school. As the father dreams

Anna and Mari do not have a huge support system in the choices that they make. Anna has her boyfriend and teacher who supported her choice to go to college. But only a few members of her family even considered it a good idea for Anna to go to college. Mari only support was Yoli, she was considered a lost cause from everybody else. Not having anybody support the choices you make or to be a voice of encouragement is though on a person. Without the support of Yoli, Mari was ready to accept the fact that the school said she should drop out of school, until Yoli supported her to make them eat their words. These young Chicana women were able to encourage themselves to do their own thing without much help from the outside world.

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.

Each year, thousands of Central American immigrants embark on a dangerous journey from Mexico to the United States. Many of these migrants include young children searching for their mothers who abandoned them. In Enrique’s Journey, former Los Angeles Times reporter, Sonia Nazario, recounts the compelling story of Enrique, a young Honduran boy desperate to reunite with his mother. Thanks to her thorough reporting, Nazario gives readers a vivid and detailed account of the hardships faced by these migrant children.

The book The Distance Between Us: A Memoir by Reyna Grande provides an account of Reyna Grande’s life in Mexico and later in the United States. When she is two, her father leaves the family for the United States hoping to earn money for building a house in Mexico. Later, he sends for their mother, Juana, leaving behind three children – Reyna, Mago, and Carlos. The children experience abject poverty and others hardships under the unforgiving care of their paternal grandmother, Abuela Evila (Tobar). Her mother returns with another child, Elizabeth, and establishes an on-again and off-again relationship. Later, their father, for whom they have almost forgotten, returns and takes them on a terrifying journey to the United States ' border (Grande 317). Overall, the book narrates a child’s journey to overcome poverty and deal with the absence of parents through forgiveness and love.

Many young second generation daughters of Mexican heritage has grown up with a distinctive gender norm. In the midst of the second world war, the expression of freedom and equality spread throughout the country. This initiates for women to become more tuned to the social affairs the men had left behind. Thus, immigration brought a lot of Mexican families into Los Angeles. Double exposure to familial expectations and the American way of life brought in a sense of desperation of trying to balance both. The second generation daughters who have been exposed to the loudly spoken

Into the beautiful North, by Luis Alberto Urea, is telling a story of a nineteen year old girl called Nayeli who is encourage by the movie “The Magnificent Seven” to go to the United States with her three best friends. Their mission was to cross the border and recruit seven men to save their town, Tres Camarones, from the bandidos. But she also wanted to bring her dad back home. He and the rest of the men of Tres Camarones went to the United States looking for jobs to sustain their family. The author wants to show how undeveloped Mexican towns such as Tres camarones can cause poverty, lidding to one of the biggest topic now days which is immigration. Immigration is a cruel and hard path caused by

Again, the story shows lots of examples in how the Sandoval family had to go through many discriminating acts. At the end of the Story Mariana, daughter of Pete, Granddaughter of Neftali falls in love with an Anglo Rich boy who never learned to accept Mariana because she was Mexican. Society has characterized Mexican Americans as unintelligent, dirty, and lazy people, therefor seeing an Anglo male with a Mexican girl was not common, and even if one did not think that at the time, Anglos were still embarrassed to be seen interacting with Mexicans, which could potentially degrade their name. Marianas Boyfriend David makes Mariana get an abortion on chapter seven, promising her a future; even though, Striver was planning on leaving Mariana after the abortion and planned to start a new life. This part of the story is absolutely saddening because Mariana died, thinking Stiver loved her, and was going to have a future with her. Mariana is not one only unfortunate girl who had this happen to her, but a Mexican woman during this era was only seen for maids, prostitutes, factory/field workers, or simply nothing. This shows the indifference Mexican American woman had to face, which was much different that Anglo woman.

The novel Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande is a story about two young girls and their struggling journey to find happiness between two conflicting and distinct worlds: the United States and Mexico. Juana on one side wants to get to the United States, or “el otro lado” as mentioned in the novel, to find her father who abandoned her and her mother after leaving to find work in the US. On the other hand Adelina escapes from her house in California to follow her lover to Mexico. The girls form a bond in the most unexpected of places, a Tijuana jail, and quickly form a friendship that will connect them for the rest of their lives.

In this part of the essay I will discuss “Sin Pais” how Helen and gilberts emotional development is being affected by their parents being deported, on Helens schooling, Helen and gilberts relationship between their mother and sister dulce, and the issues becoming increasingly common in the united states. The deportation took place as Helen and Gilbert parents and little sister go to Guatemala and Helen and gilbert must stay in the United States. Gilbert becomes a parental guidance for Helen but sometimes does not take it by saying “your not my mom or dad” Helen is in a point of time in her life where she needs her mom and dad, especially at the age she is at. Helen is stressed out but Helens mother tells her to stay because of the many opportunities in the United States.

M.T. Anderson’s Feed is a commentary on the greed and consumerism plaguing today’s world. We may not be wired into the “feed”, however the constant bombardment of ads to buy the coolest, newest, and shiniest products are everywhere. These attacks come as we are surfing the web on our computers, phones, and other handheld devices, while watching TV, and trying to study or researching an article. To escape the onslaught of ads, we buy commercial free TV and radio, of course, to pay for these conveniences is an indulgence. It is expected in our culture to overindulge on everything: homes, cars, electronics, clothing, and lifestyles. Self-gratification is available with a click of the mouse or the swipe of finger on a screen. As in Feed with

In the play, Into the Beautiful North, Karen Zacarias focuses on migration and border struggles. Nayeli, the main character and niece of the first female municipal president of the village, fears for her village’s future with drug dealers who have been coming. A majority of the local men, including her father, traveled north in search of work and left the village to be consisting of only women. Consequently, Nayeli convinces her best friends, Tacho and Vampi, to help her travel to the United States and find seven magnificent. Upon returning, the men will help create a safe environment and make up for the time that was lost. Yet, while on this journey, Nayeli, Tacho, and Vampi endure hostile conditions of border travel.