Romero's Shirt By Dagoberto Gilb

Dagoberto Gilb illuminates on a common dilemma that most immigrants coming into the United States face in the story “Romero’s Shirt”. That which is the often not talked about internal conflict that immigrants face when entering an extremely materialistic revolving country like America. Gilb demonstrates this dilemma through the character of Romero with a rather interesting plot that is elaborates with theme, character development, and heavy use of symbolism. When Romero loses his most prized possession; his shirt, he faces an internal conflict on whether or not it should matter to him. Romero finds himself realizing that he does not appreciate what should be most important to him, his family, and if he did, then the loss of his shirt would