Tijuana Straits By Kem Nunn Summary

Environmental pollution was the main issue with in the book, Tijuana Straits by Kem Nunn. He spoke of pollution in the beginning of the book, but yet he did not express pollution throughout the book. I feel in my opinion; he did not do a good of job that he was possibly to achieve with explaining his argument that he was trying to clarify. There were many times while reading this book that I was somewhat confused due to the fact that the book did not have me thinking of environmental pollution. It mainly had me thinking about the life people in Mexico were experiencing, and doing everything in one’s power to survive. Nunn made the reading a little difficult to understand. Therefore, I believe he did not demonstrate the pollution within this book as well as he could of.
In my opinion, Nunn could have written a book more influential and less criminal upbringing in to the scene he was placing his city in his book to be in. “For years the residents of Vista Nueva had reported skin ulcers, respiratory ailments, birth
He lets Magdalena speak where she explains “She was so sorry for his son, though not the one of the dead unborn, but for the other one, whose name she had called forth” (272). I feel as if this explanation shows that the story in the book that was having to do with pollution had nothing to do with the attempting murder they were trying to commit on Magdalena. Nunn, could have made it seem more as if the people were hired to kill Magdalena because she was trying to fight for the factories to be shut down and demolished. He made it more as if Armando was just trying to seek revenge for Magdalena, for whom he blames for everything that has happened to him, due to Reina leaving, having an abortion and for everything Armando felt that was happening to him due to