Some crossings offer a sense of conformity instead of escape and freedom. In Migrant Hostels, the poet likens the migrants to pigeon, to show the setting where “nationalities sought each other” to feel belonged and safe. The imagery of the endless movement of pigeons shows the moving migrants seeking for nationals to have support and feel protected and have freedom of movement. This also denotes that they are finding people with the same experience who thus have the same degree of belonging to a group and a sense of…
In the story Sonavabitche it Situates work within the limits of the nation, identity and discipline a purpose to read it from pedagogy, as an act of crossing traffic across disciplines, nations and identities. Borders separate together, define, make a difference and have similarity, but also produce interstitial spaces, spaces which open new relationships. They can be obeyed, crossed, imagined, reinvented, destroyed and released, Protected and tortured. Our northern border is littered with events that mark as a highly contentious area hundreds of Mexicans waiting "to cross to the other side", urban overcrowding displayed in communities, anti-immigration reforms, building walls, countless deaths in the desert, drug trafficking, maquiladora growth,…
B. (2010). Immigration and Nationality Law Cases and Materials (4th ed.). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.…
Breaking Down Constructs: The Path from Resistance to Reconciliation What is the purpose of a border? Is it more than a line that separates two things? In an interview, American-Canadian author Thomas King explains how “borders are these very artificial and subjective barriers that we throw up around our lives in all sort of ways. National borders are just indicative of the kinds of borders we build around ourselves” (qtd.…
In the information text, “on the trail of the Immigrants,” Edward Steiner describes the message of the article by describing the Immigrants journey at the gateway, under the huge portal of the vast hall waiting for their final judgment, said in paragraph 2. Steiner is describing not only their journey, but also the mixed emotions and feelings that are also going on, paragraph 5. Steiner describes their feelings by saying, “already a sifting process has taken place; families have been divided.” When Steiner says, “The sifting process has taken place.” The immigrants are taking that in a mean way, because you can’t sift people, so the attendants are treating…
In "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant" by J.A. Vargas is an acknowledgement of an undocumented immigrant from Philippines to the USA. His story is an illustrative one for such a settler: every one of the 18 years of his life in the USA is a persistent battle for citizenship and acknowledgment. The writer is attempting to persuade his audience in the need of presenting more liberal laws on migration and lawful status for existing undocumented…
Kingsolver’s novel depicts immigration policies as unfair matters that test the limits of legality and morality. These policies do not allow people to be themselves. In order to demonstrate this, Kingsolver integrates two supporting, dynamic characters: Estevan and Esperanza. These two illegal immigrants changed their names to Steven and Hope when they met two Americans that weren’t aware that they were illegal (104). This is a scene that shows trust from Estevan to Taylor, because they said their real names to her but not to the two others and the point where they all realize that if their identities are revealed they could be sent back. The author uses dialogue to explain why people do things and how some people are ignorant . Taylor, the protagonist , had a conversation with Estevan on why they came to America. He also shared some of the factors that made them leave like how “…police use electricity for interrogation...which is an actual telephone…” (134), and Taylor responds with,” Do you mean they question you over the telephone?”…
Some may say, in order to associate with certain people or a particular place, we must identify ourselves. But Peter Skrzynecki’s ‘Immigrant chronicles’ namely the ‘Migrant Hostel’ suggest that to belong we must conform to social expectations and in turn suppress our individuality. The uncertain nature and impermanence of the Hostel creates a metaphoric barrier to inclusion along with the juxtaposition of “Comings and goings” which implies a sense of chaos and instability. This constant changing of the hostel “arrivals of newcomers” averts Skrzynecki from discovering a place of affinity. The poet ultimately accentuates the great burden migrants must undergo in a contradicting society, further reinforcing the distinct sense of inclusion an individual may gain from cultural and societal influences. Furthermore the migrants isolation from the outside world is displayed as a physical symbol of alienation “A barrier at the main gate, sealed from the highway…as it rose and fell like a finger”. This strengthens the migrant’s entrapment and marginalization through bureaucratic oppression.…
The passage, “Where Worlds Collide”, written by Pico Iyer, expresses the thoughts that travelers experience when they arrive at Los Angeles International Airport. The author describes the unfamiliar environment from the perspective of overwhelmed immigrants as, “...they seek they come out, dazed, disoriented,…
Bruce Dawe’s poem, migrants, portrays a long quest from the perspective of a migrant group. This group is acknowledged as ‘they’ were met with indifferences from the local people. ‘They’ react to this treatment with confusion and surprise which is evident in the line ‘indifference surprised them’. This creates a sense of ambiguity and lack of identity. The text portrays a physical journey between continents. This is evident ‘in the fourth week the sea dropped away and they were there…’ which contains features of imagery, pronouns and ellipsis. The imagery used appeals to an audiences visual senses and creates an atmosphere while the ellipsis gives the sense of ambiguity and evokes attentiveness in the audience. Pronouns evoked in the poem allows the theme to be easily accessed by the audience by suggesting the migrants have a lack of identity as a result of leading their homeland and travelling for a long period.…
The two resources that I picked for my final journal are ‘Not In Our Town’ and the CNN article about Officer Elsokary in New York City. The reason why I picked “Not In Our Town” is because this article shows that people are sometimes really mean, rude and obnoxious, but it also shows that people are sometimes nice, caring, kind and supportive. The attacks and this story took place in Billings, Montana. The attacks were against people in the town who were Jewish. The reason why I picked the CNN article is because it shows that some people are rude to the people who are protecting the country that they are living in.…
Someone may want to immigrate because they may have family members there. A great example of this…
Stefánsdóttir, Ágústa. 2010. “Global perspectives in Upper Seconday Schools in Iceland” UOL. May 2010 Web < http://hi.academia.edu/>…
Specifically, he explores the complexities of the feeling of belonging in Mexican immigrant populations who are unsure where to call ‘home’. This article is important to me because it reminds me how my parents experienced when they migrated to the US mainland from Puerto Rico. They moved in hopes of providing a better life for me the rest of extended family in Puerto Rico. Since I grew up in a semi-Hispanic culture, I know how family is very important and central to our culture. Thus, while reading Striffler’s article, I was able to relate to Mexican immigrants who left to work in the US and collect money to sustain their families back in Mexico. Similar to how Mexican immigrants who were exploited by US food industries, my parents are experiencing similar exploitations from the government and their jobs. Although the level of severity for economic stability probably not the same, my parents are bound to live in low-income housing similar to how Mexican immigrants were forced to shift to permanent residence in the US. Additionally, my parents raised in a predominantly American culture with a little bit of Hispanic culture. Although I was not born in Puerto Rico, a part of me still feels that “home” is there because Puerto Rico is where my family is. This is similar to how the decedents of Mexican immigrants visit their “home” in Santo…
I Am Alone, by Cochise: a chief of the Apache Nation, is a plea. It is a cry for help because his people, the ones his family has watched over for many generations, are in danger. He writes his plea to the president of the United States asking him to set aside a small chunk of his land to protect his people. If one deeply analyses the paper one can see the use of Logos, Pathos and ethos to show how desperate the chief is for his people.…
