The Tattooed Soldier Analysis

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In 2015, about 3.4 million of Central Americans migrated to the United States, and they represented 8 percent of the 43.3 million U.S. immigrants that lived in the U.S. in 2015 according to an article called “Central American Immigrants in the United States.” Most of the immigrants that came from Central America are countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Gang violence, corruption from governments, as well as, civil wars are the many reasons why people from those countries and other countries from around the world migrate to the United States seeking prosperity. Nevertheless, searching for the American dream is also another motive of living in the United States. Millions of immigrants from Central America and from around the …show more content…

Additionally, first-generation immigrants assume that getting this sort of triumph is by hard labor or getting an education that could lead to a career. Unfortunately, believing that an undocumented person could live wealthy life in the U.S. is a common misconception within the immigrants such as the Central Americans because the majority of the immigrants will not be able to achieve the American dream due to their immigration status. This topic is brought up in a novel called, The Tattooed Soldier, written by Hector Tobar. In the book, the author demonstrates numerous of issues to the readers that are negatively affecting today’s society. Nevertheless, the main problem that Tobar was continually bringing up throughout his novel was that immigrants have a difficult time achieving the American dream in the United …show more content…

Unkind employers are exploiting innocent immigrants, and that is one of the leading factors that many immigrants can not achieve the American dream. This particular issue is brought in the Tattooed Soldier, and a great example that the author provides of this issue is when Tobar introduces the character, Jose Juan. Jose Juan is the protagonist’s closest friend, and his name is Antonio, the protagonist of the book. Both are immigrants, and they both came to the U.S. for different reasons. Tobar explains to the reader that an awful boss took advantage of Jose Juan. Jose Juan boss was Armenian, and this boss refused to pay his workers including Jose Juan because the workers “refused to work in such dangerous conditions any longer...cheating them out of their last six days’ pay” (Tobar 51). With this quote, it illustrates how evil the boss is of Jose Juan. The Armenian had no regard towards the safety of his workers, and this also demonstrates that he only cares about his money by just not giving his workers the paycheck that they deserved for working six days with the Armenian. As a consequence, by not getting that paycheck Jose Juan was unable to pay the rent of his apartment and this lead to losing his apartment with Antonio, and they both end up sleeping in the streets. This shows that Jose Juan and Antonio are not getting paid enough to

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