Summary Of Ask Me No Questions By Marina Budhos

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Marina Budhos is the daughter of an Indo-Guyanese father and a Jewish-American mother. They met during the 1950’s, when her father worked at the Indian consulate in New York City. Budhos grew up in a multicultural, multiracial community of the United Nations families. She feels this experience has shaped who she is and what she writes (“About the author”). Throughout all of Budhos’ novels she does a great job of showcasing the political and social problems immigrant family's face day to day. She has influenced many readers through her pieces. Marina Budhos influenced equality and immigration acceptance through her literary works including 1. “Tell us we’re Home,” 2. “The Professor of Light,” and 3. “Ask Me No Questions.”
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Throughout the novel you will learn about Nadrina Hossain and her family. The Hossain's left Bangladesh for America eight years ago on a tourist visa, they ended up staying. People soon caught on they were illegal citizens, so they fled to Canada where they were turned down. Now they're constantly on the run from deportation (“Ask Me No Questions”). “One day she’ll exist on paper in this country. She can sit on buses and take classes and get a job and never again feel that churning in her stomach if someone asks for ID” (“Ask Me No Questions”). In this Quote the author is showing how Nadrina feels she doesn't exist and belong in this country. Nadrina wishes she could be a Legal citizen, just like everyone else in her life. She can't walk around freely without worrying if someone will notice she's not a legal citizen. This quote just shows the constant fear illegal citizens face. This text impacted people by showing what immigrant people go through day to day. People shouldn't be so afraid of immigrants. All immigrants want to do is have a better life for themselves and be

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