How Does The Poem Borderlands By Gloria Anzaldua Relate To Belonging

In the poem Borderlands by Gloria Anzaldua, the speaker connects living by the physical border between the United States and Mexico to invisible borders that exists when people struggle to express their identity. While the physical border separates the countries, she suggests the presence of a hidden border that separates cultures. Experiencing the rigid mindset of cultural segregation, the boundaries people set cause them to lose their identity in the midst of conforming to a new one. She also discusses the issue of xenophobia, creating barriers between cultures. Using two languages in her poem, Anzaldua attempts to link American and Hispanic culture, establishing an example of a crossroad. Many authors also often grapple with ideas regarding borders and crossroads to search for the origin of

They dive into basic human experiences like epiphanies, gender, and marriage in attempt to define a human being.
In stories and poems, authors often explore the concept of epiphanies. In Sightseeing, Lapcharoensap uses the analogy of Luk’s mother disappearing on an island across a sandbar to illustrate Luk’s epiphany. Lapcharoensap uses his realization that precious time passing with his mother will slip away soon to show how epiphany’s act as a warning. The warning causes Luk to reorder his priorities and make his life wait instead of his mother. Lapcharoensap believes that Luk’s epiphany will occur in the lives of most people as they mature. Demonstrating the power of epiphanies, he shows Luk breaking the border between him and his mother to create a crossroad. Ping also describes the power of epiphanies in American