One example of this is in the first paragraph, “They come out, blinking, into the bleached, forgetful sunshine… with maps their cousins have drawn out for them…dazed, disoriented, heads still partly in the clouds…” (Iyer 50). This excerpt is showing that immigrants from all over the world are coming to Los Angles with expectations giver to them by their family and friends, but when they finally arrive in the city, they see it as less than impressive and that their family and friends fabricated some details of their stories. Some people may say that the reason they think it is less impressive is because they haven’t seen all of the city yet, or are still dazed from the flight; however, the real reason they aren’t impressed is because they have been filled with false images of a beautiful and elegant city, and when they arrive their hopes are too high so they are let
One example of this is in the first paragraph, “They come out, blinking, into the bleached, forgetful sunshine… with maps their cousins have drawn out for them…dazed, disoriented, heads still partly in the clouds…” (Iyer 50). This excerpt is showing that immigrants from all over the world are coming to Los Angles with expectations giver to them by their family and friends, but when they finally arrive in the city, they see it as less than impressive and that their family and friends fabricated some details of their stories. Some people may say that the reason they think it is less impressive is because they haven’t seen all of the city yet, or are still dazed from the flight; however, the real reason they aren’t impressed is because they have been filled with false images of a beautiful and elegant city, and when they arrive their hopes are too high so they are let