capable of understanding the tone from just simply glancing at a few words. The tone is derived from several words and attitudes that the poet conveys to their reader. Poets‚ Pat Mora and Anthony Grooms‚ both use tone in their poems‚ but only one tone changes with the different setting‚ while the other tone remains constant. In Pat Mora’s‚ "Elena‚" the speaker is a Mexican woman who explains how her life has changed due to her and her family moving to the United States. The first line in the poem brings
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because you are diverse doesn’t mean you have to be ashamed. The poem "Immigrants‚" by Pat Mora and the short story "Names/Nombres‚" by Julia Alverez both shows us a lesson about being proud of where you are from and who you are. The authors’ shows that the theme is don’t be ashamed of who you are and they show it by their story and the poem they wrote. Be proud of your heritage and culture. In "Immigrant‚" by Pat Mora‚ expresses that to be proud of your culture. It says that they name their kids’ American
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Sanchez‚ an illegal alien due for his sixth deportation‚ sanctuary cities such as San Francisco continue to evade federal law. The continued existence of these municipalities violates numerous laws pertaining to and abiding by the United States Constitution under Article I‚ Section 8 and Article VI‚ Section 2‚ Clause 4. It cannot be dismissed that while the United States Constitution addresses immigration and the citizenship process‚ it does not directly address the processing of illegal aliens in Article
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The word communion in the sense of the sharing of thoughts and feelings is not always necessarily spiritual in nature‚ but also mental exchanges as well. Pat Mora uses this sharing of the intimate thoughts and feelings or communion in her poems. In the poem “Elena” the speaker is describing feeling alienated from her family in the time of their communion as they sit at the kitchen table for dinner‚ due to her inability to speak English. This can be seen in the lines “At night they sit around the
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In the poem ¨Gold¨ by Pat Mora‚ personification is used to represent what the poem means. ¨Gold¨ takes place in a desert and the narrator is a girl. “Gold‚” is a poem about a girl who goes into the desert and feels right. She hangs out with her friends which are lizards‚ rabbits‚ and birds. This poem is told in first person. The tone is soothing and calm. The girl feels she is in sync with nature and she belongs there. She feels like it is her home. In ¨Gold‚¨ one of the examples of personification
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Connection to Ancestors In the poem‚ “Desert Pilgrimage” by Pat Mora‚ it dramatizes the conflict between losing the connection with nature and heritage and the desire to keep the connection alive. The speaker walks through a metaphorical desert‚ which signifies the journey her ancestors took to move from Mexico to the United States‚ and in this journey‚ she reconnects with the earth. She spends her day picking flowers‚ harvesting herbs‚ and at night she sits on a boulder‚ looking at the stars
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Pat Mora’s unique stories connect children to different cultures and languages‚ thus having the power to inspire them. In Pat Mora’s book Tomás and the Library Lady or Tomás y la señora de la biblioteca (Spanish version) we see how reading opens new worlds and thus enrich a child’s life. The book is about the support a migrant worker family shows to the education of their child‚ Tomás. Tomás’s Papa Grande encourages him to go to the library to find new stories‚ since Tomás knows all of his grandfather’s
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Illegal Aliens and Birthright Citizenship The United States Constitution is the supreme law of our great country. Found in our Constitution‚ is the fourteenth amendment. But‚ did the authors of the Fourteenth Amendment want or not want to grant citizenship to every person who happened to be born on U.S. soil? And does "subject to the jurisdiction" mean something different from "born in the United States‚"? First‚ let’s see exactly what the fourteenth amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized
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Beautiful were the days‚ so pleasant and nice‚ No worries about illegal immigrants‚ he didn’t even think twice. Communities and neighborhoods were always safe‚ America was a magnificent place. Over the years‚ much revision came about‚ But Americans never stood up to object or shout. Tragedies came and went which caused him to fear‚ But still no one came forth to hold America dear. He thought 9/11 would cause Americans to wake up‚ And to demand a complete government shake-up. Time had passed and
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According to the dictionary‚ the word ‘alien’ can be used as either a noun or an adjective. As a noun‚ it can mean a person whose native country is not the one which they are currently residing in. It can also take the form of a noun meaning anyone who has become estranged or excluded. The final form that the word ‘alien’ can take as a noun is an extraterrestrial creature. ‘Alien’ can also at to describe something as extraterrestrial through the form of an adjective. Additionally‚ it can be used
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