Candido and América are illegal immigrants ready to start a new life. They are in the U.S. like many other immigrants for one single purpose: to live a live better than they had in Mexico. Whenever they try to show "nothing, neither fear not despair" …show more content…
The latter couple wants to have a life like Kyra and Delaney. Ironically, the Moassbauchers do not wish to have a lifestyle that the Rincon's want, but rather a life much better than the one they have right now. However, both families fail to find what they had wished for. Candido and America are tormented by the bitterness of the people in the canyon. Their last hope, the baby, is unfulfilled and brings depression than joy for the future. Delaney's and Kyra's dream life better than their own is unrealistic. The life they live now is the only one they have, and it will not get any better than it already is. The Tortilla Curtain depicts the American dream as a good idea but an unattainable