Sunday, March 8, 2009

Setting

Juans family is on the run, trying to find a place with adaquite food and shelter in the United States, but that is hard to come by in the unforgiving Mexican desert. Luisa's husband has described the lush and rich valley of the Rio Grande to Juan's family and they get on a train north. Only when they arrive there is nothing but lizards and snakes. But when Juan wakes up his mother she can only see the beautiful. There is nowhere to the family to stay, until another family lets them stay in the brush by their fence. Juan and Epitacio locate the Rio Grande on the other side of the poor town they are staying in. They didn't realize that it was the grand river at first because it was so muddy. Epitacio found that the family could not cross with out paying a small fortune. They could not afford to go the United States and they couldnt go home to their lush mountain valley either.
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6 comments:

  1. joHNMarch 8, 2009 at 7:38 PM

    The setting in the united states is another reason why the family would want to go there. Just a hundred miles or so north and the land is much more fertile, like you said.

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  2. hollyMarch 8, 2009 at 7:53 PM

    The setting in the beginning describes the harsh conditions of Mexico. The United States represents the lives that the families want to live for freedom and a better life. Its a great contrast in the story. The United States seems like heaven to the Juan family

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  3. hollyMarch 8, 2009 at 8:08 PM

    Even though the United States seems like an escape from the terror of Mexico, you still have restart a new life in a place that is unfamiliar to you. You still have to find a way to make money and find food.

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  4. hollyMarch 8, 2009 at 8:11 PM

    A movie in Spanish class last year was about the struggle of moving from Guatemala to the United States. Even when they reached the United States they struggled to find jobs, a place to live, and food to put on the table. This was only with two people imagine a family of 4 or more trying to make it.

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  5. joHNMarch 8, 2009 at 8:37 PM

    Which movie was that? It sound interesting. We also watched a movie in spanish about mexican immigrants in america who where suppressed and unfairly treated. They had a hard time adjusting to society as well/

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  6. joHNMarch 8, 2009 at 9:34 PM

    I also agree with your statement about how life in the US is still difficult, altough, don't you think it would still be better? The advantages of fair pay and a just government seem to outweigh the costs of haveing to start a new life in a unfamiliar place.

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