American Informative Speech
It’s the 1970’s, and you’re a woman living in a Mexican town nearby Chihuahua. You’re happily married, and you have a baby on the way, by all means, it seems like you’re living the dream. However, at the moment, you wish things could be that simple. You’ve been wanting to immigrate to America for awhile now, and you finally worked up the courage and the funds to do it. You have to learn english of course, that’s struggle enough. You’ve sent in your paperwork, you’ve tried to get a Green Card, it just… might take awhile. So you wait.
Your husband’s already made it to America, you’re left alone in your house, and you still have that baby on the way. You hope you’ll get the Green Card soon, to see your husband again, and just because your baby’s life will be so much easier as an American citizen. The clock seems to tick on and on but nothing’s getting done. There’s no use trying for a Visa instead either, it won’t get to your house any faster. It’s obvious your baby’s coming soon, but it’s not like you have any other …show more content…
You gave birth in your own home with a midwife thinking it was safer than the hospitals, and in all reality, it probably was. Every little detail of the land you grew up in is starting to become more reason to want to leave. Most worrying, is the fact that you can start to understand why some would cross the border illegally. Such an easy solution to such a gaping problem you would have never suspected existing, well, some may be tempted by that, but your ideals are too strong to cave. You’d never break the law like that, the ease of action wasn’t worth the risk of deportation. America is seeming more and more like a distant dream every day, a place where things are supposed to get better. Who would have guessed the pathway to such a place is covered in obstacles and long treks? However, that pathway is the only way to reach America, so you walk the metaphorical path, knowing in your heart there’s no real other
Your husband’s already made it to America, you’re left alone in your house, and you still have that baby on the way. You hope you’ll get the Green Card soon, to see your husband again, and just because your baby’s life will be so much easier as an American citizen. The clock seems to tick on and on but nothing’s getting done. There’s no use trying for a Visa instead either, it won’t get to your house any faster. It’s obvious your baby’s coming soon, but it’s not like you have any other …show more content…
You gave birth in your own home with a midwife thinking it was safer than the hospitals, and in all reality, it probably was. Every little detail of the land you grew up in is starting to become more reason to want to leave. Most worrying, is the fact that you can start to understand why some would cross the border illegally. Such an easy solution to such a gaping problem you would have never suspected existing, well, some may be tempted by that, but your ideals are too strong to cave. You’d never break the law like that, the ease of action wasn’t worth the risk of deportation. America is seeming more and more like a distant dream every day, a place where things are supposed to get better. Who would have guessed the pathway to such a place is covered in obstacles and long treks? However, that pathway is the only way to reach America, so you walk the metaphorical path, knowing in your heart there’s no real other