Analysis Of The Distance Between Us, By Reyna Grande

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Distances have many meanings from symbolic to literal,but it just relies on a persons view to see if these distances can be positive or negative. In the memoir, The Distance Between Us, by Reyna Grande, it tells the story of a young girl who had to go through the experience of immigration to America facing the challenges and sacrifices that came with crossing the border. While also trying to find how to feel, from living in Iguala with her friends and grandmother in poverty to living with her father in Los Angeles with dad, and his new girlfriend. Reyna Grande journeys through physical, emotional, and cultural distances, which ultimately change the course of her life. ( Insert a gud transitional sentence here ) Throughout the memoir she tells and demonstrates how these distances, whether they were physical, emotional, or cultural distances, would also make …show more content…

For instance, in the memoir Reyna and her siblings called a number that appeared during a commercial, although not quite understanding it, but called nevertheless due to seeing Santa telling them to call, and after calling where confronted by and were later confronted by her angered father who exclaimed”What’s this? Who in the world did you call? Why is the bill so high?”in which Mago responded “We didn't know we would get charged for the call.” This first example can show the reason the Grande siblings called was because the commercial was set in English. This can be seen as a cultural distance because if they knew what the “Santa” on the T.V was saying they might not have called at all. Another way this can be seen as cultural distance is because these kids didn't know that in El Otro Lado you had to pay to make phone calls, unlike in Iguala where you don't have to pay to make phone calls. Furthermore, after going to school and getting a hygiene inspection by the school nurse, Reyna would be forced to go home and deal with lice problems. She would then continuously talk to herself saying

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