The Tortilla Curtain Summary

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Brandon Misko Reading Logs Part 3 The Tortilla Curtain Ch. 1- 3 In this chapter Delaney, Kyra and Kit, Kayra’s mom, go to a thanksgiving party at Foold’s house. At the party Delaney feels out of place and worrying about the turkey cooking at his place and the fact that he is drinking a beer so early in the day. Kyra, unlike Delaney, was enjoying herself at the party, confident leaving the dinner in Orbalina's hands. She had been excited to meet Dominick Flood, whom Erna Jardine constantly talked about, and she was impressed by his striking presence. She then joins Delaney and Jardine. She forces Delaney to admit that the wall makes him feel safer, and Erna Jardine tells them of another violent crime that took place in an ungated neighborhood …show more content…

Just as they were starting to feel happy and hopeful again, the fire came to take that hope away and to once again repeat history. América says that she wants to die because it has become clear that this family is not meant to succeed in the USa, and she cannot stand to suffer anymore. Meanwhile, in the case of the Mossbachers and their neighbors, it shows there how obsessed they are with their material things as it all they want to take with them. When they see the fire, they do not worry about their own lives instead, they worry about their possessions and about having enough time to fill up their cars with the materials that mean the most to them. It also flushes them out of their homes and out the Arroyo Blanco wall, an action that will shine some truth about …show more content…

She has no doubt that it was Mexicans who did this, José Navidad and his friend, who had been released by the police due to lack of evidence. Later they meet Jack and he tell them to come with him. On the way he mentions that Flood has fled the country and that Kyra's mom will not be charged with adding in Foods escape. They soon Arroyo Blanco's entrance gates where there is graffiti on them and Jack asked of they are similar to the one Kyra found at one of her houses she says no.aving spent many hours staking out various locations in search of elusive animals, Delaney decides to use his extraordinary patience to try to catch the vandals, despite Kyra's hesitations. He sets up two trip-wire cameras and spends the nights watching and waiting by the newly repainted

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