Diaz And Friedman Summary

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Through analyzing the two pieces of literature by Diaz and Friedman, it is apparent that there were definitely “walls” that made it difficult for people in the US, or around the world, to communicate with others. Although there were some forms of communication, such as the sending of money from country to country, there was limited means of actual communication, such as talking or visually seeing. The lack of technology and web certainly did put some less fortunate families in a hard spot. This includes Diaz’s family multiple times during the story. Friedman argues that, “the cold war system was characterized by one overarching feature- and that was division,” we see this in the 70’s portrayed in Diaz’s story. Diaz’s family is in a new world being in the US, away from their family and the life they knew. It’s hard for them to keep much connection with their home, besides mailing money when they can. There is no way for them to have actual conversation, either over the phone or face to face. As Friedman would say, the world wide web has now created much more opportunities for us to interact with other countries and not be so divided. With applications like Skype and Oovoo, we are able to have live feed face-to-face conversation with someone who could be across the world. Diaz, however, did not have…show more content…
He says, lwhen discussing the impact of the burglary on his family, “when you are a recent immigrant, it’s easy to feel targeted. Friedman explains that this was due to the fact that in Diaz’s time, “…your threats and opportunities in the cold war system tended to grow out of who you were divided from.” Diaz’s family struggled in America, due to money issues as well as being treated differently. Diaz’s father keeps losing his job, and he makes it clear that it’s not a great job to begin with. His mother does not work and must support her kids off of her husband’s not-to-great pay

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