By using these words she can relate to both the American and Latino audiences, while also showing her knowledge of the Spanish language. This relates to the subject because she was raised as an American, but wants to be accepted by the Latino culture. During Tanya’s childhood education she learned how to be an American, but she did not learn how to be a Latina. She learned how to read, write, and speak English, but she did not learn the Spanish culture. This was both good and bad for her.
The Grapes of Wrath follows the difficulties of Joad’s and their journey into a land they thought was going to bring a better life. Their whole views change though when they saw what California was really like for the migrant workers. Though these ideas were more externally shown by some, the whole family felt the change. The Joad’s are a fictional family, but there may have been families just like them in the 1930’s traveling to find a better life in the West. The Dust Bowl was hard on many Americans from the mid Untied States and their stories maybe just the same as the Joad’s in John Steinbeck’s Grapes of
Ruth realized that as much as she loved cooking that it made her under appreciate her father and not take time to learn about him or his interest because cooking was the big thing to her and her mother in their family. Doug learned that he didn’t have the family structure as Ruth did and he always yearned for family would listen and talk to him about his accomplishes and things he enjoyed. Ruth’s whole outlook on this chapter is to inform us about a part in her life as she does in every other chapter. It’s very hard to relate with Ruth’s made point in this chapter because I have never experienced a feeling like Ruth has. So I cannot really relate to how she feels.
Mira’s negligence was clear to Mukherjee after she had been driven away from Canada. The state of an immigrant’s preference is as how he chooses his lifestyle. Adapting to a new country simply comes down to the person’s choice. I didn’t really understand let alone care about immigration and the negligence that my parents had to go through when moving to the U.S. Until, I myself visited Mexico. When I visited Mexico one summer, I was very fond of the atmosphere.
She makes it clear that she knows how hard it has been for her to overcome many obstacles to get to college and be where she is at now. She comes from a family that values a good work ethic and working as a farm worker is more important than reading books and at times sacrificing education. Castellanos argues, “At a young age-between eleven and fourteen-I began my intellectual and spiritual rebellion against my parents and society. I fell in love with books and created space of my own where I could dare to dream” (pg 341). In her culture being married and having kids was her duties as a Mexican.
The Innocent Envy Kaymond Carver’s “Neighbors” begins with a comparison between two couples and their lives. In the comparison, it is clearly seen that there is a different relationship between two families; the economical gap between two couples make the life of Stones’ life not other than dreaming of Millers’ life that is “fuller and brighter life” (17) to them. The absence of Millers on a vacation gives a chance to experience their neighbor’s sparkling life as they have the key to water the flowers and feed the kitty. On account of that they have longed such a wonderful life, they try to do whatever they are able to do in that period. This behavior is caused by the economical cliff between these families.
Key Quotes/Techniques “We bought casseroles” “We came over to sit, thats what people do when tragedy strikes” - Mrs Gruener and other key community friends are seen further extending their love and acceptance towards Lars when they come over to ‘sit’ with him, during Bianca’s illness supporting him as he deals with his grief. “Because all these people love you....tell me how we don’t care”- A confrontation occurs between Karin and Lars. Karin tries to make Lars realise how much the community is reaching out to him without disrupting his
Andrew Daughtery Mrs. Rush-Tucker English Honors 18 August 2011 Grapes of Wrath Response In the Grapes of Wrath, written by John Steinbeck, the American Dream is the inspiration for many of the families that had to leave because of the Dust Bowl. Everybody in Oklahoma lost their homes so they all left for California because they heard they could get a better life out there. The American Dream is the inspiration to find a better life and Rosasharn, Ma, and Al’s Dreams were explored. One economic ideal was how important a job was, and some social ideals were staying together as a family and having a roof over their head. The American Dream is the inspiration to pursue a better life for yourself.
They stop to get food along the way ran by a man by the name of Red Sammy. The grandmother reminisces the past with Red Sammy and how things have changed a lot since. Here we begin to truly learn about the character of the grandmother. She seems to consider herself morally superior to others and believes what she thinks is right for the most part. She likes to criticize others such as when she did so to the mother questioning her on the choice to always go to Florida instead of changing it up a bit for the kids.
Now, my two sisters are both in UC’S, one in UC Santa Barbara and one in UC Berkley. We have changed the role of women in our family and I hope to keep inspiring my family members too persuade and career. Before looking for solutions it is important to observe the problem. About a decade ago the University of California got very worried about this problem and formed a Latino eligibility taskforce to look at why so few Latinos are coming into the UC. And their primary finding was that the population was very ignorant about just how to get a college education.