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Text review assignment: Brittany Kohler

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The Tortilla Curtain Review

Let’s review, shall we?  The Tortilla Curtain by T.C Boyle (1995) takes a narrative perspective to tell the story of two families living in Los Angeles, California. The first family of Kyra and Delaney are wealthy Americans living in their private home at Blanco estates.  While the second family of Candido and Rincon are undocumented immigrants from Mexico living at Topanga Canyon. Generally, the novel explores the suffering and struggle of undocumented immigrants working or living in the United.

Sadly, throughout The Tortilla Curtain Mexican immigrants experiences discrimination and injustices from the White Americans. For example, when Delaney hits Candido while driving, he at first thinks of his car and the driving experience he possesses when he notices that he hit a Mexican. Unfortunately, instead of Delaney taking Candido to the hospital, he offers him $ 20. Due to the fear of deportation Candido willingly takes the $ 20.  Certainly, this incident depicts the injustices most of the unlawful immigrants experience not only in the United States but across the globe.

On the other hand, the idea of constructing a wall as well as the gate by the Blanco community to prevent coyotes from entering into the community depicts the identity of the Americans from other communities. Note that having a gated community restricts other people from accessing the Blanco estate. More specifically, the idea can be viewed in the context of restricting the immigrants into the community. Similarly, I think that this idea relates to the determination of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart to rebel against the missionaries accessing his community Umuofia.

Consequently, after the wall is vandalized, Delaney decides to punish Candido by having him arrested even though Candido is not the Culprit. Essentially, due to his influence in the community, Delaney misuses the power he possesses to hurt Candido. However, despite the hatred Delaney has for Candido when the floods occur, Delaney is helped by Candido from drowning.  Therefore, I think that from this novel the author wants us to ask ourselves, is it lawful for the government to address the challenges facing immigrants?  On the other hand, I think that the novel reveals how integration in society between different cultures occurs.

 

Work Cited

Boyle, Tom Coraghessan. The tortilla curtain., 1995.

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Context Presentation week 7: SATRAPI PERSEPOLIS

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Persepolis is a memoir of a Ten-year-old girl growing up during revolutionary Iran(Persia). Fun fact It’s also a major motion picture from Sony Pictures Classics.

Marjane slowly begins to explain the differences in both Iran at large and her personal world pre-and post-1979 Revolution. The Iranian revolution is also known as the Islamic revolution was caused by Discontent with the Shah’s rule Exile of Ruhollah Khomeini Social injustice Religious motives and others. Satrapi’s unique approach to telling her experience was very effortless to follow along.

Personally, I believe she was ahead of her time, do you agree? Her family was referenced as modern, but born with religion. From a young age, she imaginatively perceives herself as “the last prophet”; even though all the other prophets in history are men, she does not let that dissuade her from her conviction of greatness. As a child, and a woman in the past and today’s world is a challenge in itself. The government It can be confusing because even relating to today with the pandemic is hard for children to fully grasp.

Grasping the points of view her father gave of Shah, and her beliefs of him really revealed how separated/gifted she was even from the first page as she was portrayed away from her friends.

Marjane’s private thoughts enter the public sphere, and quickly she gets into trouble, as will constantly be the case in the book. The regime purports to decree the laws of Islam, but the talk of executions, the demonstrations, and the possible threat to Marjane’s mother’s life, show how religion becomes a force for oppression and danger. However, Marjane illustrates and wishes to implement a different version of religiosity, one that treats people with fairness and love, and which accepts women as equal to men.
This read was the perfect mix of emotions, and the history of her country yet mixed with the versal trails of growing up.
Refrences:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution
https://www.litcharts.com/lit/persepolis/the-veil