Under The Same Moon Analysis

Arcelia De La Cruz Hernandez Sanchez was born on May 2, 1973 in Mexico, Leon Guanajuato. She grew up on a ranch with her 3 sisters and 5 brothers. She only lived in Leon and the only time she moved was when she crossed the border to live in the United States. Her setting influenced who she is now because she is religious, cooks mexican foods, and responsible because she had to take care of her siblings being the fourth oldest. Her setting also influenced her to become independent because she started working since the age of 13 and hasn’t stopped. Arcelia was pregnant with a girl named Karen when she got married to my dad Gerrardo. Then she got pregnant with another girl named Sarai. Arcelia wanted a better life for her family so she and most

There was a day she was returning to her uncle’s house and he was conversing with these Americans from Minnesota. They were in search for a nanny and Maria was recommended to these folks. She talked it over with her mother and decided to go to earn some money for her family back at Durango, Mexico. These folks had brought their daughter’s birth certificate to pass through the border with no issue.

Immigration is a complex and multifaceted issue that faces the US. In his film, Sin Nombre (2009), director Cary Fukunaga aims to juxtaposition the issue of immigration with the issue of gang violence in Mexico, and show the difficulties immigrants face by giving his audience an insider’s perspective into the experience of immigrating to the United States from Honduras. He does this through a variety of characters; most notably Willie and Sayra. Fukunaga did extensive research on life in the Mara Salvatrucha gang and the process of immigrating to America, in order to make his film realistic and authentic. The result is a movie that not only shows immigration in a way that evokes empathy and enforces the humanity of immigrants in the viewer’s mind, but also gives the viewer a look into the realities of being in a gang. Through the use of strong characters, powerful dialogue and vivid imagery, Fukunaga uses pathos to put a human face to the issue of immigration, logos to inform and give his audience context about the issues the film addresses, and ethos to establish his credibility and make the film believable.

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

It shows the community does not really welcome immigrants. Also it is very difficult to adopt life in new place, for example washing machine is so complicated for Rosa so she washes all the clothes by hand and lays them on the grass in the garden. Rosa and Enrique attend language school to improve their English. Movie emphasizes the power of the language again and also shows learning English helps their life to get better. Nacha helps Rosa to change her appearance with more fashionable clothing Nacha said “have you ever heard Sears” and tokes her for shopping. When Enrique sees her with new clothing and makeup, he says “What is this? You look like a clown! “. Scene shows Enrique’s attachment to their culture also they try hard to integrate. Enrique gets an offer for a better pay job with the chance to become legal resident but he refuses to leave his sister. The house they are staying is a mess when they come but after a while they clean and organize it and one scene Enrique told his sister that “In this country you work hard you can get somewhere” they are proud to earn better life standards. Then suddenly everything changes, Rosa gets sick, immigration was looking for Enrique. Enrique gets promoted at the restaurant and jealous coworker is upset about it and calls immigration police. At the end Rosa dies in the hospital room. The conversation between Rosa and Enrique is heartbreaking. Rosa said “they told us we make lots of money but

The main message in the film was a realization. The producer believes that the Arizona government were fearful of the change brought in through the Raza Studies Program. They believed that the course was grouping the students based on their race or ethnicity. In the documentary, Hispanic Studies is

Throughout the movie the themes observed; were violence as there were attempted rapes, initiation of gang membership with being beaten by gang members, there were people risking their lives for freedom by jumping on and off freight trains avoiding the boarder patrol hoping to get across to the United States, there was betrayal of family members and then violence with gun fire that led to death. I was angered by the mistreatment of women and the immigrants throughout the movie. The two young women in the movie were practically raped by the gang leader. I believe the movie was meant to bring sadness and also awareness of mistreatment of people.

In this film, we see how illegal immigrants are discriminated against and are unable to lead a life of privilege. In Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire he talks about how “the oppressors do not perceive their monopoly on having more as a privilege which dehumanizes others and themselves…. The oppressed are regarded as potential enemies who must be watched” (Freire, 2000, 59). We see how people view illegal immigrants as people who are unjust and do not contribute to the society. People in the United States discriminate against illegal

Although this film is disadvantaging to many people, it is also very beneficial. I think people that come from the lower class or an abusive household can really benefit from this film. The main point of this film is to show people that you can achieve anything you want to do no matter what background you come from, and although it might be hard because of economical/ personal issues you are not less of a person than anyone and you can still be successful. I love the idea of success because it doesn’t really have a set definition. You don’t necessarily need money to be/feel successful. You can work at Subway and still be successful while a twelve time Oscar winning actor can be successful. You sort of carve out your own success and make your own definition for it. This movie will also teach people that they are not on their own. Although you might think nobody is there for you, when you enter a room you don’t know what everyone is thinking or how everyone feels; you might now even know everyone. It is kind of like when you’re putting together a puzzle, you put certain pieces together and you get closer to finishing and you just need to keep trying to solve the puzzle because if you give up you just wasted your money on a puzzle

Imagine living in a peaceful town, where nothing more exciting than (insert something) ever happens. Now imagine being forced to make difficult and unnecessary changes in your life, all because someone with a gun tells you to. This ordeal is what the citizens in the novel The Moon is Down are subjected to throughout the story. John Steinbeck creates a realistic and pragmatic world, where both sides of a conflict can be clearly seen and understood. Criticized, specifically by American critics, for it’s incite into the lives of those soldiers occupying the town; The Moon is Down shows a world in which the balance of power and it’s effect within the novel cannot be determined. This ever changing dynamic within the novel is the primary subject

One of the central points in the discussion of the peasants is whether or not the nobles’ exploitation of them, in the form of labour services known as “barshchina” or payments known as “obrok,” reached levels the serfs could not cope with. The answer to this question either affirms or refutes Moon’s thesis that the peasants created a logical and semi-successful system for coping with demands. Moon demonstrates with data collected at the time that although obligations to the nobles were increasing steadily until the emancipation, so too did the peasants’ economic abilities. However, this is a different conclusion from what some other academics, such as Robinson, come to. He argues that peasants’ situation improved strictly on paper. Land continually

In the poem ‘Moon’, Kathleen Jamie explores themes of abandonment, loneliness and disconnection. She does this by utilizing a clearly dysfunctional relationship between a mother and child. The child replaces the either mentally or physically absent mother with the presence of the moon. To explore the emotional distance between child and mother, the author uses dark and light imagery to empathize the child’s loneliness and to evoke the scene of a parent visiting they child late at night. Personification of inanimate objects illustrates the detrimental effects the unavailable mother has on the child’s mental wellbeing. The poem ends with dialogue from the protagonist, the child, pointing out that the moon is not her mother, as if to be

The conflict or problem in my book is a lot of things because there are a lot of problems such as the main character needs to keep the secret of her having mind reading abilities and being to see the future a secret,she needs to find out who a murderer is, find out who is helping the evil queen Scarlet, and try not to make any enemies. Her first problem was caused because she was the only alive nightwing who was born under two moons. Being born under two moons cause nightwings to get abilities and she was born under two moons giving her those abilities and now her mother is telling her to hide these abilities. Moon(The main character) needs to be able to find out who the murderer so she can stop any more murders and so everybody doesn’t think

The phases of the moon, relative to the Earth and Sun, are collectively called the Lunar Phase, and are a 29.5 day cycle - there a four main phases; new moon (1st quarter), half moon (2nd quarter), full moon (3rd quarter) and another half moon (4th quarter). The phases of the moon occur because the moon reflects the light of the sun, and we, on Earth, see the reflected light; as the moon orbits the Earth, the amount of Sun that the Moon reflects changes.

The movie exposes the shabby working and living conditions of the Mexican-American community. It provides some historical background on how Hispanic rights were violated by white industrialists. The land where the mine is located was once owned by members of the local Mexican-American community, however the Zinc Company moved in, took over the property and offered them the "choice" of moving or accepting employment at low wage. Additionally, the workers are enticed to live in management-owned houses and buy at management-owned stores. The homes of the Hispanics are shacks compared to those of their white co-workers with poor sanitation and bad plumbing. The stores sell goods at inflated prices, which put the workers in debt.