Candida and Delaney character analysis
Reggie Worton
Mrs. Schopfer
AP English
Final Essay
Candido y Delaney
In T.C Boyle’s The Tortilla Curtain the opposing characters Delaney and Candido who both live in Southern California, are living in their opposite worlds similarly. Like opposite sides of a dollar, Delaney and Candido are living on similar lives on the opposite sides of the wall.
It starts when Delaney an environmentalist hits Candido with his foreign car and pays him off with twenty dollars as if it was a bribe or even an apology. At this point they begin to live parallel to each other in opposite ways. Both of the men return to their homes, which for Delaney is an expensive house in a community called Arroyo Blanco, while Candido returns to his home which is actually an illegal campsite along the canyon. These families have one superior goal which they desire, the American dream.
Candido desires having the American dream house and garage which will never be struck because he is incapable of even getting a cheap four dollars an hour job. Although his wife knows that it is almost impossible Candido is always able to convince her that it is reachable and that he, his wife, and their soon to be baby will have a house filled with accessories.
Then there is Delaney on the opposite side of the coin. A man with a job he always wanted and a house filled with accessories. But, he does not have the family part of the dream. The dream includes having children of their own and a loving environment within the household. Delaney is incapable of reaching this. Although he wants and dreams of having a happy family his wife wishes not to have children with him and she holds an almost all day job that seems to be unending. With these factors Delaney is helpless in reaching his goal of having the American dream because of his wife’s independent
Mrs. Schopfer
AP English
Final Essay
Candido y Delaney
In T.C Boyle’s The Tortilla Curtain the opposing characters Delaney and Candido who both live in Southern California, are living in their opposite worlds similarly. Like opposite sides of a dollar, Delaney and Candido are living on similar lives on the opposite sides of the wall.
It starts when Delaney an environmentalist hits Candido with his foreign car and pays him off with twenty dollars as if it was a bribe or even an apology. At this point they begin to live parallel to each other in opposite ways. Both of the men return to their homes, which for Delaney is an expensive house in a community called Arroyo Blanco, while Candido returns to his home which is actually an illegal campsite along the canyon. These families have one superior goal which they desire, the American dream.
Candido desires having the American dream house and garage which will never be struck because he is incapable of even getting a cheap four dollars an hour job. Although his wife knows that it is almost impossible Candido is always able to convince her that it is reachable and that he, his wife, and their soon to be baby will have a house filled with accessories.
Then there is Delaney on the opposite side of the coin. A man with a job he always wanted and a house filled with accessories. But, he does not have the family part of the dream. The dream includes having children of their own and a loving environment within the household. Delaney is incapable of reaching this. Although he wants and dreams of having a happy family his wife wishes not to have children with him and she holds an almost all day job that seems to be unending. With these factors Delaney is helpless in reaching his goal of having the American dream because of his wife’s independent