Summary Of Entre Lucas Y Mejia
In Julia Alvarez’s speech “Entre Lucas y Juan Mejia”, She start explaining the challenges we faced as an immigrant. She said, “As an immigrant, you leave behind an old world and enter into a new world in which the old ways no longer apply” (1). In my opinion as an immigrant I can related to this quote, because when I came to United States I felt that I entered in a completely new world. In which I had to start a new life with a different language and culture. Also, Julia Álvarez mentioned the challenges she had as a female writer in another country that has a different language. She states, “We arrived in this country at a time in history that was not very welcoming to people who were different, whose skins were a different color, whose languages
didn’t sound like English.” This is further proof of one of the challenges Julia Alvarez had in order to become a successful writer in a country where you are not welcome at all. This is an inspiration for me because I want to succeed here, and I know that I have to face some challenges in order for me to succeed in a country where I am an immigrant. Furthermore, Álvarez states the importance of a multicultural education. Multicultural education is very important because we the immigrants are able to teach people from another country and we can learn from each other. “This world where we all belong-this expanding space between Lucas and Juan Mejia- can only be achieved if each person is free to be the rich and complex person he or she is. Julia Alvarez is trying to make the reader understand that if we want to achieve our goals, we have to find ourselves and be the person who we really want to be. At the end of her speech she said, “And we need a big world and a big imagination that allows for all the combinations we are becoming as a human race.” Julia Álvarez was encouraging all the races and different countries to stay together and become just a human race. Which is what will help the society to become a family and take out the differences that we have in our cultures.
didn’t sound like English.” This is further proof of one of the challenges Julia Alvarez had in order to become a successful writer in a country where you are not welcome at all. This is an inspiration for me because I want to succeed here, and I know that I have to face some challenges in order for me to succeed in a country where I am an immigrant. Furthermore, Álvarez states the importance of a multicultural education. Multicultural education is very important because we the immigrants are able to teach people from another country and we can learn from each other. “This world where we all belong-this expanding space between Lucas and Juan Mejia- can only be achieved if each person is free to be the rich and complex person he or she is. Julia Alvarez is trying to make the reader understand that if we want to achieve our goals, we have to find ourselves and be the person who we really want to be. At the end of her speech she said, “And we need a big world and a big imagination that allows for all the combinations we are becoming as a human race.” Julia Álvarez was encouraging all the races and different countries to stay together and become just a human race. Which is what will help the society to become a family and take out the differences that we have in our cultures.