...American attitude toward illegal immigrants in the United States. In this novel, Boyle tells an effective story of the illegal immigration in Southern California. While he tells the story of several characters throughout the novel, he best depicts the feelings of the characters symbolically by paralleling the story of the immigrants as comparable to the coyotes which continuously intrude into the yards of the residents in the community. Candido is one of the protagonists in the novel that is an illegal Mexican and is paralleled to the coyote. In addition, Boyle shows the meaning of the literal coyote to the real animal itself. This shows that coyote plays an important role in this novel as a symbol. In the beginning of the novel, Boyle uses the literal coyote to portray the real animal. Mossbachers' owns two dogs, Osbert and Sacheverell. One night a coyote jumps over and eats Sacheverell. Therefore Delaney's family build an even higher fence to keep out any unwanted animals like coyotes. However, a coyote jumps over again and eats the other one, Osbert. The homeowners association is trying to put up a gate to keep out "The Salvadorans, the Mexicans, the blacks, the gangbangers, and taggers and carjackers." (p.39) Boyle uses the coyote as a symbol of breaking in and taking whatever they wants. It can also be read to describe the situation with Mexican immigrants; like the coyotes, with whom they are associated throughout the novel, these immigrants jump over, crawl under, and...
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...I am an immigrant, simple as that. As an immigrant, my life is like any human in this world. But in this case, there is fear and emotional moments that happened to me that I will never forget. Afraid that I may not be who I want to be. Never have I imagine that I would have this kind of situation. Dealing with these events is not that easy. My mom's timing made a big difference for me. She came illegally in the United States and later became pregnant with me. Until she made a butterfly effect and made a whole difference. When she was almost eight months pregnant to me, she decided to go back to Mexico and gave birth to me there instead. At Mexico, she had problems finding jobs and did not have enough money to take care of me. She went back to the United States with me and returned illegally. If she could have stayed at least one month, she would have given me birth in America, and I would have become a U.S. citizen. Finding out that I am not legal, I became worried about my future. Worried that I may not get a job, go to college, and not even get a driver's license. Besides finally getting a DACA, a document that gives young immigrants permission...
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...rich people, I feel that there should not be rich people since the majority of people in the United States are living below poverty. I feel disadvantaged, because I work hard every day and can barely make ends meet; however, the rich are consumed with greed and their extravagant lifestyles. I am easily annoyed with the rich, because they are not genuine and are experts at faking their feelings. Bitterness overtakes me when I think about how the rich gloat over attention and waste dollars to be on top of the well known. I think that all rich people are spoiled to some degree, have never missed a meal, or had their electric cut off. My attitude towards rich people is that they are wasteful and will do whatever it takes to be on top of the world. Although, they have wealth, they would not hesitate to covet the wealth of others. Some rich people are deserving of their fortune because they have worked hard and occasionally give to the less fortunate. On the other hand, most rich people inherit their fortune and don’t appreciate it - that makes me angry. When they attend social events, they like to be seen and heard “showoff”. From my personal experience, I grew up in a poor family, where we relied on government assistance to provide the basic necessities, such as, food, clothing, and housing. Often times, we did not have enough money to eat and our electric was disconnected on several occasions. I learned at an early age not to be wasteful, and always think about others...
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...9500 liberty, and answer question from what branches are involved, what civil liberties are at risk, how are they being violate and what are my feelings toward this film. The branches that are involved in this film are the legislative branch, the executive branch and the judicial branch. The legislative branch is involved in this film when Greg Letiecq the president of Help Save Manassa and his followers from Prince William County and Manassa went to their local board of supervisors to voice their issue about the rising population of illegal immigrants that are taking over their communities. The board of supervisors chairman Cory Stewart resolution for this issue requires police...
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...go home. She needs to accept his new way of life. 2: Characterization of Lata and her relationship with Anuj. When one faces an unfamiliar culture, one may become unconscious about one’s appearance and future life. The description above somehow indicates what Lata is going through when facing her new existence; “She walked to the window. The sky loomed large and grey over the chimney tops and television aerials. Lata missed the drama of colours played out in the sky. She observed it had been the same dull grey throughout the day. Just like the bed sheets back home - after they had come back from dhobi”. From this quote, one gets the impression that the Welsh weather acts like some kind of metaphor. Thus, it gives the reader an insight in Lata´s feelings and uncertainness about her new life. She is neither used to being a Welsh wife, nor is she enjoying her new existence. The weather definitely symbolizes Lata´s inner feelings; the grey colour tells that she does not find Welsh culture (and geography) appealing. She simply yearns for her former lifestyle in India. However; Lata´s culture; “In the darkened theatre, Anuj finished most of the popcorn. He thought the music was too loud, but the action was up to Hollywood...
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...she realises ‘that Cardiff is now her new home. Characterization of Lata and her relationship with Anuj. When one ‘faces an unfamiliar culture, one may become unconscious about one’s appearance and future life. The description above ‘somehow indicates what Lata is going through ‘when facing her new existence; “She walked to the window. ‘The sky loomed large and grey over the chimney ‘tops and television aerials. Lata missed the drama of ‘colours played out in the sky. She observed it had ‘been the same dull grey throughout the day. Just like the ‘bed sheets back home – after they had come ‘back from dhobi” From this quote, one gets ‘the impression that the Welsh weather acts ‘like some kind of metaphor. Thus, it gives the reader an insight ‘in Lata´s feelings and uncertainness about her new ‘life. She is neither used to being a Welsh wife, nor is ‘she enjoying her new existence. The weather definitely ‘symbolizes Lata´s inner feelings; the grey colour ‘tells that she does not find Welsh culture (and ‘geography) appealing. She simply yearns for her former lifestyle in India. However; Latas ‘ relationship...
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...Life of many immigrants in the third country as foreigners have to face with new life challenges. They try to adapt and survive, but they still keep their culture which is not easy. Through the stories of Baca, Rodriguez, Fatima, and the film Quinceanera have shown us that, they are the representatives of the immigrants of working class. They want to exist in a civilized society, they need to overcome the barriers in their lives that is language. For many people in the host country, language is a simple matter, but it is really difficult for immigrants. Immigrants, especially the working class shows disparities in social class of American modern lifestyle through the language. Being immigrants are adapting to a new language that is not easy....
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...violation of human rights. Immigration has become the topic of many legal and political discussions. Not a very long time ago, approximately 80 years, some countries, because of their nationalist and racist ideologies tried to stop immigration and even implemented racial cleansing, while others defended immigrant rights against the ideas of pure-blood and xenophobic insanity. Actually this case has not closed yet. The majority of governments still refuse to accept immigration as a human right. Standards for immigrants are generally very poor; they do not share the equal rights of the citizens of the country. While some countries have some laws and regulations to solve this problem, generally most nations are not welcoming of immigrants. Preventing immigration because of nationalism and racism is a violation of human rights. Xenophobia is a fear of anything or anyone that is strange or unknown. Many nations’ immigration policies are based upon xenophobia, and this has come to inform policies and attitudes of nationalism. Jeong (2013) defines nationalism “as a feeling of superiority and contempt for foreigners’’ and in his study he describes the effects of national feelings on immigration. Jeong claims there is a connection between restricted immigration and high levels of nationalism. For instance, many US citizens have concerns about whether there will be anyone called “American” in the future and this is a totally white-European, nationalistic idea. America’s concern for...
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... who is a young woman from India. She is forced into an arranged marriage with Anuj. They live in Cardiff, Wales in England. Anuj has lived there for six years, and Lata for four month. Lata misses her home in India, and she does not feel like home in Cardiff. Anuj and Lata are trying to make their marriage work. One night, they go to the movie, because Lata is bored, and they go to see a Bollywood-movie. While she is waiting for Anuj to buy some tickets, Lata sees a group of girls, dressed in different clothes than her. It makes her feel like she does not belong there. During the movie Lata dreams herself back to India, but when the movie ends, she is brought back to her life in an arranged marriage. 2. Characterize Lata and her relationship to Anuj Lata is an Indian girl, who has been forces into an arranged marriage. She is not happy in her marriage (yet), and having a hard time trying to find her place in England. She does not feel like home, she does not have any friends and she misses her home back in India. She does not want to talk Anuj about how she feels, and when he ask her if she is okay, she just brushes him aside. After the movie, she is crying in the car, and Anuj does not give her a hug or a kiss. It does not seems like they are have any deeply talks together. 3. Comment on the ending Anuj goes to buy tickets to an English film, but all the tickets are sold out, so he gets tickets to an Indian Bollywood movie. When the film is done and they are driving...
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...How immigrants become citizens In the article “Immigrant Identities, Preserved in Vinegar?” in The New York Times newspaper Jane Ziegelman wrote about beginning of the last century when America faced with lots of immigrants who ate very seasoned food that was unusual for locals. Also the author wrote about assimilating the immigrants by the government. I highlighted the main question of the text: What makes an immigrant a citizen? And I surely know the answer. It is Assimilation, that includes a lot of things. First of all, to assimilate an immigrant must speak local language in his everyday life. Language is the most important part of assimilation. Without speaking local language, like English in USA, an individual is not able to communicate with people around him. Without ability to communicate with others, an immigrant can not get a job, buy anything, ask others for help, etc. People use language to say others what they need, to do any work together, in general to live in society, be a part of it. For example, there are some people in USA who doesn’t really speak English, like people of Brighton Beach, Chinatown in New York City or another “national districts”. People there can not go and do anything outside of their neighborhood. They can’t get a well-paid job in rich neighborhoods like Downtown. So, the first thing an immigrant must do to become a part of the society and assimilate is to learn local language as well as he can. Also, assimilation includes eating...
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...Philippine immigrant faces when living in the United States of America. He tells a little of his cultural background and much of his personal history of living in fear of being caught by the U.S. government for his illegal status. He tells of his great accomplishments while living in America and how he loves the United States and wants to become a legal citizen. Although, many Americans believe that undocumented immigrants are a threat to the United States society, this young man shows that not all illegal immigrants are violent or cause threats to social order. Throughout the story, the question of, “What will happen if people find out?” plays a significant role in the way the author goes about living his life. The cultural and personal histories of the author of “Outlaw” show significance within aspects of obtaining legal American citizenship and being able to work in the United States, the authors accomplished works, and his feelings throughout the text. “The minority threat perspective argues that prejudice and intergroup hostility are largely defensive reactions to perceived threats by subordinate groups,” such as illegal immigrants within the United States (Wang 2). Americans believe that illegal immigrants cause crime rates to soar and that communities in which undocumented aliens live are violent and disorderly. It has been proven that there is no statistical connection between crime rates and illegal immigrants. Studies show that areas of high illegal immigrant populations...
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...and savory aroma of heavy butter, fried chicken, and corn bread comes from black families’ homes, and, of course, the intensely familiar scents of fried fish, garlic, and, jasmine rice waft from the units housing the Vietnamese, Laotian, and Thai families on our floor. (Su 22-23) He describes and follows it with, “hunger does not discriminate” as being poor and eating the same can sardines everyday becomes tiring. The way Su embraces his new environment is with the attitude of adventure and curiosity. He wants the reader to feel what he's feeling, “I long to join my neighbors to share in their meals and taste their delicacies (Su 23)” he describes as his sense of smell adapts towards his new environment and leaves him admiring the scents that fill him with hunger. Su describes such details because he wants the reader to know the amazement in his discovery of new flavors and scents which can be an exciting and learning aspect of the immigrant...
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...Do we as Americans make immigrants feel like outsiders? A flashback into 2012 reminds us Americans of our newly elected President Barack Obama, the outrage cry for equality in gay marriage, and the controversial death of Trayvon Martin. For authors Michael Jones-Correa and Louis Mendoza- 2012 however, was a year for increased immigration as well a time for equality with immigration. Both authors raise questions for its proposed audience. While Jones-Correa purpose is to inform and Mendoza to persuade, both prove to be very convincing in their arguments. Although both writers seem to be credible and effective in logical reason, Author Louis Mendoza achieves a more effective rhetorical analysis through his use of emotional appeal. Jones-Correa being a professor of government at Cornell University automatically has a strong set level of credibility. As well as being the co-author of the book “Latino Lives in America: Making It Home”. However, to strengthen his credibility he takes an informative stand point for his targeted audience. With an informative piece and/or standpoint its sole purpose is to do exactly that, inform. Relying solely on fact based interpretation, thus leaving no room for bias in his article. Keeping bias out of his work...
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...While preparing for this book report I found an interview posted online with Bich Minh Nguyen. She said that her reasoning behind writing Stealing Buddha’s Dinner was because her childhood was defined by a feeling of isolation. She also said “It does seem easier now for Asian immigrants to be themselves; a good deal of progress has been made since the early 1980s. At the same time I think the negative idea of the “foreigner” still persists—not just for Asian immigrants, but for many nonwhite immigrants and their descendants, people who continue to be asked: “Where are you from? I mean, where are you really from?”” My generalization of this book is that Bich struggled during her childhood simply to “fit in.” Stealing Buddha’s Dinner reminds me so much of The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle. (I used this example in a previous assignment but I feel like it fits so well into the main theme of this course.) Bich is fixated with the idea of trying to assimilate herself into the American culture. In The Mixed-Up Chameleon, the chameleon (Bich) sees all of the animals at the zoo and (her peers) wants to “be like them” in some way. She goes to great lengths to eat American food and take an American name and dress the way other Americans do. I see many similarities between the feelings of lonely segregation that Bich felt and those of the students discussed in the case studies throughout our textbook. Works Cited Nguyen, B. M. (2008). Stealing buddha's dinner: A memoir. Penguin Group...
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...an Afghani girl who lost both of her legs to a land mine tells her story of coming to America. At the end of the novel when she and her mother are living in America, Farah describes her mother becoming an empty shell. She is mourning the loss of her tight knit family she left behind and the culture she knows and understands. It is clear that becoming an immigrant has deeply affected Farah’s mothers mental state and well being. In fact, immigrants coming to America face many barriers that make them more susceptible to mental illness; however, because of the stigma that surrounds mental...
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