In Pat Mora’s essay she states‚ “We ingest pollutants- toxic ideas and attitudes- while we watch movies and television or read steamy novels or relax with women’s magazines” (Mora 166). In these movies and magazines are messages targeting the audience; pointing out the differences between them and the actors and models they see‚ telling them what they should or shouldn’t be doing‚ or influencing their opinion on a topic. Pat Mora’s essay discusses how the media
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Breaking Away from Stereotype The United States of America has been called the “melting pot” of the world. It is a country that is open to diversity and welcomes culture‚ race and ethnicity of all sorts‚ for as long as it complies with its laws. United States become a nation rich in immigrants who found new home in a foreign land. Most of the big and key cities in the United States are culturally and racially diversified. This diversity is taught to be an asset of the society. If not understood
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Danah Bakir “Same Song” By: Pat Mora * Predictions: Based on the picture surrounding this poem‚ which is a mirror‚ I predict this poem will be about external beauty and the concept of beauty only being skin deep. Based on the title of this poem‚ I predict this poem will be about similar people’s stories and how they handle their situations in similar manners. The type of poem I think it’ll be is an observational and descriptive poem. I predict this because I think the author is going to use
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speaks to allpeople regardless of their background. In the poem Legal Alien by Pat Mora‚ the literary devicesthat Pat Mora uses are metaphor and personification. These literary devices help reveal the author’s message to the audience which are the Mexican-Americans. The metaphor show thatbeing Mexican-American has its advantages and the personification shows the disadvantages of how people view Mexican-American.Pat Mora uses metaphor to reveal the message that being Mexican-Americans has anadvantage
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Composition Essay #1 June 26‚ 2011 Assimilation into American society: “Immigrants” written by Pat Mora In the poem‚ “Immigrants”‚ it talks about how immigrants want their children to be welcomed into American society. They will do whatever they need to‚ to get their children to be as American as possible; even if they lose some of their own culture in the process. The poem‚ “Immigrants” by Pat Mora‚ has many underlying themes. The main theme of how immigrants assimilate into American culture has
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written by Pat Mora. The poem explores the lives of Mexican-Americans and the cultural tension they have to face. The poet discusses a bi-cultural person whose parents are from Mexico but the person was born and raised in America and is an American citizen by law. Although he can speak fluent English and Spanish‚ he still has a hard time being accepted by both or one race. Mora’s use of poetic techniques such as metaphor‚ tone and antithesis emphasizes her concerns in regards to the issue. Mora uses metaphor
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Gloria Anzaldúa. “The Homeland‚ Aztlán.” Borderlands - mestizo means genetically equipped to survive small pox - Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo is the treaty that ended the u.s.-Mexican war‚ signing half of mexico’s land away‚ and displacing 100‚000 Mexican citizens - Culture Clash‚ “In Search of Aztlán”. - The three members go from place to place that has some historical significance looking for their homeland Aztlan - Their final conclusion is that Aztlan is in each one of them it’s how
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As a young child‚ Frazier found happiness in playing in the woods‚ until one day‚ figured out that he had grown too old for such a hobby‚ choosing to then find out a new activity to enjoy. As an adult‚ Mora found happiness and joy through exploring museums‚ going so far as to describe them as pleasure havens‚ entranced by the beauty of “nature’s grandeur…” (343). With such a contrast in age and activity both authors participated in‚ marginal activities
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Michelle Jordan Professor Cheryl Williams English 202 April 6‚ 2013 “Immigrants” by Pat Mora “Immigrants” by Pat Mora is a poem about immigrants of Spanish descent who migrated to America with their families and their greatest desire is for their children to live the American dream. The poem is located in America‚ it describes how mothers “wrap their children into American flags and feed them mashed hot dogs and apple pie”. These families want their children to be Americanize from birth
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I work in a Dual language classroom as IT in Kindergarten class (Instructional Teacher)‚ and I have to say it is a pleasing environment. A Two languages classroom environment is set of detailed language‚ and cultural tools. The purpose of two languages in a classroom environment is to appreciate‚ welcome‚ and identify the student’s distinctive faculties. What they comprehend‚ and what they need to acquire. Instructors of dual language elementary school environments distinguish that children connect
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