Analysis Of The Essay 'Proofs' By Richard Rodriguez

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Proofs In the essay “Proofs” Rodriguez is writing different stories about numerous dreams that happened in his life or other immigrants in California. One theme is that I believe that Rodriguez explained how immigrants, male immigrants, had a different view of how the “California Dream” is, until they portray the “realistic” lifestyle of an, American; or better yet a “Californian.” He also renders how hard it is for immigrants to migrate here, but once they are migrated, it is a lot harder for them to go back, because of border patrol. For instance, in paragraph thirteen, he writes about a man named Fidel. Fidel is a hard-working janitor that has a wife, children and grandchildren down in Mexico. He lives life a bit more simple than…show more content…
Once the job is done, they bring them back to Mexico. For example, in paragraph thirteen, “In the nineteenth century, American contractors reached down into Mexico for cheap labor…-Mexicans were rounded up and the back over the border…” This paragraph explains how cruel Californians are and how much they used Mexicans to build their society. Alternatively, Rodriguez mentions a quote, on paragraph seven and the other on paragraph 75… “I will send for you or I will come home rich,” which brings in a powerful meaning, of a dream that they have as immigrants. Immigrants all have that image of California as to where money is found everywhere, where they will become rich, and no longer have to struggle. Then when reality finally comes, it is nothing like they have ever seen, where they struggle harder to become a citizen of America, and how it is to find

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