Link to Real Life Example:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-11-30-coyotes_x.htm
In the chapter "Celia's Story", she talks about how she ended up working for El Patron. She said that she hated living in her home town and wanted to go to America so that she cold have more opportunities in life and make a better future for herself. So she went to a coyote (a person who guides you across the border to America) and asked them to take her, but the coyote abandoned her and left her to farm patrol and before she was turned into an eejit, she had met El Patron and he stopped her from being turned into an eejit and became "owned" by El Patron. This story, to some degree relates to really life. First off, coyotes are real people. They guide Mexicans across the American border without have to go through the American government. Farm Patrol in real life is basically the people who control who goes across the border. In the article I have chosen it says "Many Mexicans trust them to navigate past the army of agents assembled along the border between Mexico and the USA."In the book, coyotes navigate them past Farm Patrol so that they can go to America. It also says "The smugglers who bring immigrants into the USA illegally are reviled by officials as unscrupulous and unsavory, but tens of thousands of Mexicans view them as heroes." and this is also the same in the book as well. People are given hope that they will have a better life in America because of coyotes. though in Celia's case, the coyote turned her into the Farm Patrol so it wasn't quite the same.
Chelsea
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-11-30-coyotes_x.htm
In the chapter "Celia's Story", she talks about how she ended up working for El Patron. She said that she hated living in her home town and wanted to go to America so that she cold have more opportunities in life and make a better future for herself. So she went to a coyote (a person who guides you across the border to America) and asked them to take her, but the coyote abandoned her and left her to farm patrol and before she was turned into an eejit, she had met El Patron and he stopped her from being turned into an eejit and became "owned" by El Patron. This story, to some degree relates to really life. First off, coyotes are real people. They guide Mexicans across the American border without have to go through the American government. Farm Patrol in real life is basically the people who control who goes across the border. In the article I have chosen it says "Many Mexicans trust them to navigate past the army of agents assembled along the border between Mexico and the USA."In the book, coyotes navigate them past Farm Patrol so that they can go to America. It also says "The smugglers who bring immigrants into the USA illegally are reviled by officials as unscrupulous and unsavory, but tens of thousands of Mexicans view them as heroes." and this is also the same in the book as well. People are given hope that they will have a better life in America because of coyotes. though in Celia's case, the coyote turned her into the Farm Patrol so it wasn't quite the same.
Chelsea
Very well written information about border patrol. It is good to know how this book can be related to other events in the real world because then you can better understand what is happening in the book. One thing that i found with your blog is that there is a a lot of info about border patrol, but maybe go deeper into the reason of why celia and these immigrants want to cross the border.What is so much better on the other side of the border that where Celia is right now? Try and step into the characters shoes. Other than that, very well written!
ReplyDeleteGood Job! (: You have a lot of good details while comparing the two stories. When you talk about her turning to a 'coyote' maybe you would want to include why she turned to him? Why would she take such risks to escape? What did she hope to see once she escaped, what did she want? Those little details can be very important to include. Also, why does the 'coyote' do such things? Try and explore the different perspective of the people, it'll make the writing much more effective. Regardless, this is pretty good. (:
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