What have we learned in this class?
La Guera, Cherrie Moraga
Voice Recording:
Pandora’s Box, Arturo Arias
I chose this article because it reminded me a lot of and I was able to compare it a lot to Arias’ article with Juan. In Pandora’s Box it speaks of new beginnings, and in The Heartache of an Immigrant Family, it shows the rough parts of coming to a new country or moving to a new place. It also draws light into the idea that moving into places isn’t always fun for everyone, which ties into it with Juan as Pandora’s box describes the hardships of his new life.
Kimberle’s Playlist
Both Alewife and 1-800-273-8255 remind me of the beginning of the story with the narrator running to go get Kimberle from a bar and when she told her that she was suicidal. “I was, I really was. She was asking me to keep her from killing herself”
“But you saved me from doin’
Somethin’ to myself that night” -Alewife
“But I don’t wanna cry, I don’t wanna cry anymore,
I wanna feel alive, I don’t even wanna die anymore”-1-800-273-8255
With the song Do I Wanna Know, it ties in to the theme of the complicated relationship that they both have and there are some unresolved feelings between them. This song is about a paranoid lover who’s worried about their relationship.
“(Baby, we both know) That the nights were mainly made
For sayin’ things that you can’t say tomorrow day”- Do I Wanna Know?
Dulce Pinzon and Graciela Iturbide
I chose these two photos as they both demonstrate the importance that we as a community pose to this society. In Dulce’s photos she demonstrates people, especially those who are of Latino Descent as heroes even though their jobs seem less than glamourous. She is able to demonstrate the idea that they are important and that without them our society couldn’t really run.
Mexican Heaven
This poem spoke to me a lot as it seems that our community is constantly put down, and we aren’t seen as people who are worthy or “good enough” to get into a place like heaven, but in this poem it speaks of the power that we hold and that we are good enough.
