The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and “Band-Aid for 800 Children” by Eli Sastow both show the subject of immigration and deportation and how its a problem. In the excerpts the authors used very different techniques and similar techniques to portray a common subject and to show how they feel about this subject One of the techniques both texts use is Point of View they both show how they think Immigration is unfair. It also portrays how their views on the matter differ, such as how big of a problem immigration is. Another technique that they both use is Diction, they use this technique to express and portray this problem by using choice words to get set a serious and sad tone.They seem to feel that Immigration and Deportation are huge
Recently illegal immigration has become a very pressing issue among people. Many people around the borders are being greatly affected by the issue and think immediate action needs to be taken to put a stop to the issue. The Documentary Border War: Battle Over Illegal Immigration takes a stand on the issue using many examples of pathos, ethos, and logos to try and persuade people that illegal immigration is a very serious issue and we need to put a stop to it. This documentary follows the lives of people who have been affected by illegal immigration, and explains how they feel about the issue. Another way that people can look at the issue of illegal immigration is through the eyes of the immigrants, and the reasons why they might be trying migrate to another country. The documentary Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary focuses on the issue from this point of view. This documentary uses pathos and logos to show the lives and hardships of those people who are trying to migrate to a new country. Although Wetback used many examples of pathos and logos to show the struggles of the migrants, Border War did a better job showing pathos by following the lives of people who were affected by the illegal immigrants they were also very persuasive with ethos by following credible people.
...amination of both these pieces of work, it is clear that they share a multitude of themes between the two. Firstly, the people within both books experience their fair share of limitations or borders, which restrains them physically, emotionally and politically. As well, there is a common theme of marginality that is relevant from start to finish throughout both novels. And finally, both pieces of ethnographic research provide an insight to the different ways in which anthropology can be conducted.
This poem captures the immigrant experience between the two worlds, leaving the homeland and towards the new world. The poet has deliberately structured the poem in five sections each with a number of stanzas to divide the different stages of the physical voyage. Section one describes the refugees, two briefly deals with their reason for the exodus, three emphasises their former oppression, fourth section is about the healing effect of the voyage and the concluding section deals with the awakening of hope. This restructuring allows the poet to focus on the emotional and physical impact of the journey.
Migration Photograph by José Hernández-Claire and The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez both show the same subject. MP and RU both share the subject of family separation. Even though they both share some techniques to portray the story , they also use very different techniques to express their feelings.
Martinez, Demetria. 2002. “Solidarity”. Border Women: Writing from la Frontera.. Castillo, Debra A & María Socorro Tabuenca Córdoba. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 168- 188.
When the class was first asked to think of a topic for our reflective paper, this scenario was one that I could vividly remember as if it had just occurred yesterday. After I read Jose Antonio Vargas’s “Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” and Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”, I noticed a common theme across these two pieces that I could very much relate to. Jose Antonio Vargas’s mother reminded him to fit into the American way of living by saying “If anyone asked why I was coming to America, I should say I was
This essay will compare the novels Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts and Unwind by Neal Shusterman. As both novels are about survival, we will outline the strategies the characters used to mentally move forward after a setback. The novels Dark Inside and Unwind both portray the idea of hiding their feelings in order to keep moving forward. Risa and Aries both leave someone they have grown to love and must continue feeling as if they broke a promise. Chickadee and Connor abandoned by people they thought they could trust, now having to set aside their anger. Mai and Colin are faced with the deaths of their partners and are now broken inside. The feeling of betraying someone who is oblivious to your actions is exactly what Aries and Risa had to go through.
Since the creation of the United States, there have been several enormous waves of immigration into the country. Many people come here to pursue the freedom they have always craved. In the book, The Bean Trees, this is a familiar concept to the characters Estevan and Esperanza. They have migrated from Guatemala all the way to the state of Arizona where they will meet the protagonist, Taylor. Throughout the story Taylor learns the couple’s struggle of being undocumented immigrants in the United States. Along the way, she will learn about Estevan and Esperanza’s heart-breaking background stories as well. These characters will journey on through life despite the hardships of immigration. The book shows the struggle that they should not have to put up with. Barbara Kingsolver, the author of The Bean Trees, illustrates an immigrant’s point of view by applying literary elements, which encourages readers to feel sympathy towards immigrants, the social problems faced, and to see how unfair immigration laws are.
These two works share similarities and differences. Both of these works have to do with struggles. Whether
These authors have very similar views on immigration.They both believe that immigrants played a vital role in the beginning of America. “Then I discovered immigrants were American history,” (Kennedy 23). “In the same sense, we cannot really speak of a particular “immigrant Contribution” to America because all Americans have been immigrants or descendants of immigrants.” (Kennedy 23). Also their writing styles are similar. They both use advanced vocabulary in their text. Although there are similarities,
Both texts portray immigration similarly and differently. One example of how they are similar is they both are based on true events. “Red Umbrella” is about a family during the Cuban revolution, and, “Band-aid for 800 Children” is about someone today that takes care of the kids that were born in the U.S but their parents were
Shaun Tan has shown many examples of wonderful drawings adding small details that come unnoticed but still make the book complete, his drawings are so stunningly detailed it feels like your looking into a photo album of a man looking for a better life. Sepia and Black and white drawing are one of his other techniques to tell the stories of the refugee or migrants. Tan highlighting what it feels like to be a refugee in a foreign country. It is unthinkable Shaun Tan wouldn’t win the Primary Mister Literary Award, as his talented work shines through internationally. The media only displays the difficulty the immigrants or refugees will put on the country and the people that are living on it, and not why they are leaving to seek Refuge (Samuel
One way theses articles are similar is they both believe immigrants are a big part of America. For example,in the passage “Quilt of a Country” it states. “A mongrel nation built of forever changing disparate parts,..” (Quindlen 13).This is saying that our nation is made up by parts from all over the world. Meaning immigrants are the main part of America. In
The story “All Summer in a Day” and the excerpt from “Immigration” are similar in many ways. However, when one reads the two titles, they would not think that both of the texts are similar. From the title of the story “All Summer in a Day”, it seems like the story will be about a happy, bright summer. But, in fact it’s the opposite. It is about a girl who moves to a new place where her classmates don’t really like her. In both texts, the characters migrate to different places and face many different challenges and obstacles.
Aside from the conditions, which lead to the creation of these works, they share a number of other common threads. Symbolism aside these works are very similar on the surface. Both are a collection of seemingly disjointed images, which when put together by the reader or observer serve up a strong social message. That messages being that the wars and conflicts of the times have twisted the world. This is reinforced by the contorted and misshapen images in both works.