"When I was a boy it was still possible for Mexican farm workers to commute between the past and the future."
I love that opening line. I'm always stuck on the notion of a good opening hook. They're hard to find but ones like these make you want to keep going. Where is the author going with this? Also, the blatant criticism of the Mexicans' ways from the teacher was powerful. It makes me think that they were denied of proper education just because of the pattern of the Mexican lifestyle. I enjoyed the last scene of the father "slipping" away into America though it would have been a "betrayal." It's a interesting piece with lots of room for comparisons and new angles to study immigrants trying to start a new life.
Solid. I wonder if you can go further to comment on this piece's unexpected conclusions. His father's assimilation isn't, for instance, shown as a positive necessarily.
ReplyDeleteAlso, why do you think this is a particularly good hook? I agree, but I want to know why?
This is the "Nice shirt. Love the color" principle. You said nice shirt, but not the reason why!
DW