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    Eveline SHE sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue. Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne. She was tired. Few people passed. The man out of the last house passed on his way home; she heard his footsteps clacking along the concrete pavement and afterwards crunching on the cinder path before the new red houses. One time there used to be a field there in which they used to play every evening with other people’s children

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    “I told you he was mexican” (Boyle‚15). Delaney hit Candido with a car‚ and by including the fact that he was hispanic showed that he was racist against them. He felt that since Candido was hispanic he wasn’t going to be sued by him‚ so there was no need of seeing if Candidio was alright‚ he gave him twenty dollars for hitting him. The quote depicts that carelessness of Delaney and characterizes him as prejudice.   “For a long moment they stood there‚ examining each other‚ unwitting perpetrator

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    to conclusions about various people‚ and that decides how we act around those people and how we treat them. In The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd‚ Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and The Tortilla Curtain

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    Tortilla Curtain and Crash: Another Kind of Racism Racism is a disease. Spread by not only words and actions but by silence and inaction. In two stories presented in different media – a novel and a movie—racism is spread by people who feel they are not racists‚ but who do nothing to prevent and stop racism. The reality is that it is easy to pretend racism doesn’t exist‚ yet everyone practices it in some way. Those who know racism is wrong and do nothing are the “perpetrators” of racism. They allow

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    "They ain’t human. A human being wouldn’t live like they do. A human being couldn’t stand it to be so dirty and miserable." A quote from John Steinbeck’s book The Grapes of Wrath‚ perfectly words the reaction to the life that Candido and America Rincon live. Illegal immigrants‚ Candido and America live a life of poverty and destitute in America . Their lack of luxuries and even bare necessities‚ bring to light their struggle to reach the American Dream. Living in a canyon not to far from the rich

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    have many diverse effects regarding to personal integrity‚ and within writing‚ copious amounts of literary devices can present various ways to show many relationships between what money can do to personal ethics. Between the pages of the novel Tortilla Curtain‚ written by T.C Boyle‚ figurative language and irony convey that when a person has an abundant amount of wealth‚ the more likely they tend to change their personal morals and ethics to fit what the society thinks is right. In the pages of the

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    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

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    life‚ I thought dreamily. I made my way down the stairs and was greeted by my mom with a wide smile on her face. A sumptuous breakfast was laid out for me. On the table were my favorite peanut butter and jelly sandwiches‚ scrambled eggs‚ hotdog tortillas and a cup of refreshing orange juice. I took my time to enjoy my breakfast and when I was done I made my way to my ballet studio‚ excited to start my day. "One two three‚ one two three‚ twirl and smile‚ one two three‚ one two three.." 26 graceful

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    events in this little town. For example some conquistadores who ate a poisoned bear and died. But‚ this chapter does not only talk about Mexican or Latino cultures it also has some stories about Chinese and Japanese people. El Rincon Del Mundo- Guadalupe is call “El Rincon del Mundo” because of its history and also because is located the in the northwestern corner of the Santa Barbara county. It is a little town that depends mainly on agriculture for its economy. This town is a mix of a lot of different

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    decides to find some illegal—and possibly dangerous—work herself. At one point in the novel‚ after Cándido is robbed by some Mexicans in the city‚ they are forced to go through the trash cans behind a fast-food restaurant so as not to starve. The Mossbachers‚ Delaney’s family‚ are also having problems of their own‚ though of an altogether different nature. Comfortably settled in their new home‚ in a gated community‚ they are faced with the cruelty of nature when one of their two pet dogs is killed by

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