I do not think Alma was the only character that struggled with guilt in the book. Alma’s struggle was the most evident though. She was constantly worried and thought everything that has happened to their family, including Maribel’s accident, was solely her fault. However, toward the end of the book, Arturo revealed that he shared some of this same guilt. He told Alma that he was the one who allowed them to come with him the day of the accident, but neither of them knew what would happen. He told Alma that it was not her fault and that she needed to let it go and forgive herself.
There were several other characters in the book that struggled with guilt as well. The Toro family expressed a lot of guilt. I think most of it stemmed from them leaving
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Maribel thinks that her father’s death is her fault. Mayor tries to comfort her, while at the same time blaming himself for what happened to her father. In the end, Mayor rationalizes that it is just something that happened and no one is at fault. However, it seems that the guilt will eat away at him, and Maribel, for a very long time.
I do not think that Alma’s decision to return to Mexico was the best one. I think Maribel really did improve during their time in Delaware. It seems that before they left Mexico Maribel was not doing well and showing no signs of improvement. However, a new environment and a new school really allowed Maribel opportunities to get better. I know Alma must have been scared, and homesick, and unsure about how to proceed, but I do not think she made the best choice in going back to Mexico. Maribel may not do as well there.
I knew once Arturo lost his job it was likely the Rivera family would end up going back to Mexico. However, I kept hoping that they would not. I kept hoping that he would find another job or they would find some other way to legally stay in Delaware. I kept hoping things would get better for them, especially Maribel. When Arturo died, I realized that this was unrealistic. At that point, they had no money, no source of income, nowhere to stay, and were likely to be deported by the authorities anyways. It was inevitable that they would end up back in
In Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings, guilt is shown in almost every character in the story, but it is through Brady that we see the most guilt.
From those three points such as Dunstan changing his life to devote to Mary Dempster, Boy’s situation with Leola, and Paul’s persona change we see how guilt affects these characters in totally different ways. Even though Boy was the one who threw the snowball, Dunstan was the one to feel guilt about it, yet Boy wipes out this guilt. Even though Paul Dempster felt guilty for his mother he decided to deal with it by being a whole other person to handle it. Therefore, guilt is the intended study throughout the entire novel.
Setting: Without the setting taking place after post-war Holocaust in Germany, the theme of guilt would most likely not have been possible since the characters feelings of guilt come from, in a sense, the Nazis and the Holocaust.
Sara feels horrible that she didn’t come to see her mother and spend more time with her. She knows that she should’ve come to see her mother instead of investing so much time in school. Then, her mother died a couple of days later. She decides to stay and visit her father, Reb Smolinsky, often but doesn’t visit him after he gets married again only thirty days after her mother died. A couple months later, she sees Reb again, but he’s working.
In the case of José, born and raised in Mexico, he had to assimilate by eventually learning English to acquire a job to support his wife, María, and his children. Movie critics may argue that Rosa and Enrique’s journey to Los Angeles has a greater impact than that of José. Traveling from Central America to North America is a hard journey to go on. While the path Rosa and Enrique had to take to reach the United States may have been more arduous, comparing the two journeys is an unfair assessment. José’s expedition to Los Angeles, while it was not shown as a visually dark time of his life, did portray how an immigrant may cross the border into America in a different way. In addition, since both films have the same director, Gregory Nava, his decision to emphasize the act of illegally crossing into America in one film and not the other allows him to the artistic license to portray other portions of life as an immigrant. In My Family, Mi Familia, Memo and Toni’s characters depicts the generational changes a family living with two cultures may
Alma from the story of Time of the Wolves managed to face many different conflicts but the main one she faced was Person vs Person. In the story it discusses two people, Alma and Sarah, getting attacked by wolves. During this process, something went wrong with Sarah and she became furious and began attacking Alma. After I was done reading the story I realized that Alma had
Rosario was falling in love with her coworker, Paco, who worked as a security mam at the house where she worked as a house keeper. But she did not let herself to have those feelings while she was away from her son. She refused to get into a relationship with anyone because she first wanted to fix her immigration status by herself. She was determinated to reach her goals without the help of a man.
Personally, I do not relate to Dr. Rivera’s book but I do think that it is beautifully written and an important read for people of all ages. I grew up in a middle class Caucasian family, pretty far from poverty-stricken Chicano farm workers as the book follows, but reading this book made me even more appreciative of the life I have and that which my parents have given me. Thankfully, I always lived in comfortable conditions growing up and still continue to get a good education so that I may succeed in
This guilt is obvious in Frank's plea, "How can a priest give absolution to someone like me?"
After reading The Book of the Unknown Americans, I realized how difficult immigrating to the United States can be. I am an immigrant also, so just reading the story makes me relate to many problems immigrants experience relocating to a different country. Immigrants often face many issues and difficulties, but for some it is all worth it, but for others there comes a point in time where they have to go back to their hometown. Alma and Arturo Rivera came to the United States to better their life, but also so that Maribel could attend a special education school. While Arturo had a job things had gone well for the family, but once Arturo lost the job and passed away the two of them had to go back because they felt that that was the best option for them. Reading this book made me realize how strong an individual has to be to leave their own country and relocate somewhere else not knowing if this will better your life or cause one to suffer.
Guilt can be from many different situations. Gregor's guilt was from his obligation to work. Even Gregor's mother, a bystander, could see his dedication to his job. Life without amusement becomes stressful and unpleasant. Throughout the novel Gregor finds himself stressed out because of his dissatisfaction with his ability to provide for his family. Gregor, finally near the end of the novel, finds satisfaction in something: his sister's violin.
In many of Hawthorne’s stories, there are several instances where his main characters distinguish a sense of sin and guilt for what they have done throughout the story. In Robert P. Ellis’ article, “Nathaniel Hawthorne”, published in MagillLiterature Plus, Ellis states that “Often, Hawthorne’s characters cannot throw off the burden of a vague and irrational but weighty burden of guilt” (Ellis 4). Ellis regards characters in other Hawthorne stories as “examples of such guilt-ridden and essentially faithless men” (Ellis 5). Early in “Young Goodman Brown”, Brown leaves his wife, Faith, to take a night into the woods. When venturing through the woods, he stumbles upon a character that is portrayed to be the devil. During their meeting, the devil nonchalantly tells Brown that the people around him are not what they seem. The devil says that many men and women close to him are not the purely righteous people that they claim to be. Brown refuses to believe what he has just been told, in fact, he goes so far to loudly proclaim that “With heaven above and Faith below...
Guilt is one of the emotions that explains why these two characters are so different. It shows us that although they have the same ambition and motivation for the tasks they want to complete, their beliefs, morals, and opinions make the characters, their actions, and their lives completely different.
The emotional letter that Juan left for his mother might be one of the most emotional scenes in the documentary. The pure emotions that the letter was written by Juan to her mother leaves the audience with the bonds and emotions felt between the kids and families. Juan Carlos’s father abandoned the family years ago and left to New York, consequently Juan believe it is his responsibility to provide for his family. He also wants to find his father in New York and confronts him about why he has forgotten about them. The story of Juan is not just about migration of children, but also the issue of family separation. The documentary does not dehumanize but rather bring the humane and sensitive lens to the story of Juan where the human drama that these young immigrants and their families live. Juan Carlos is not the first of Esmeralda’s sons to leave for the United states, his nine-year-old brother Francisco was smuggled into California one month earlier. Francisco now lives with Gloria, his grandmother, who paid a smuggler $3,500 to bring him to Los Angeles, California. Once Juan Carlos is in the shelter for child migrants his mother eagerly awaits him outside. After she sees him she signs a paper that says if Juan Carlos tries to travel again, he will be sent to a foster home.
The two of them go through the anger stage at a similar time. When they start to blame each other for Maybelle’s illness, the two of them are angry over more than what they are yelling about. They really don’t blame each other. It isn’t anyone’s fault that their daughter died. They just need a place to channel their ...