1995 Film Individuals My Family

     As a young child, Rodriguez finds comfort and safety in his noisy home full of Spanish sounds. Spanish, is his family's' intimate language that comforts Rodriguez by surrounding him in a web built by the family love and security which is conveyed using

Correspondingly, Vargas has not only immersed himself into his new culture, but learned to love it as well. He “built a career as a journalist, interviewing some of the most famous people in the country” (Vargas). Even though he is living the American dream, he is also “living a different kind of reality… in fear of being found out (Vargas).” Because of his status, it is hard to live a “normal” life. Even with all he has done to “earn” citizenship, he is still unrecognized as

Gregory Nava’s 1983 film, El Norte, is by far one of the most honest and eye opening depictions of the experience many undocumented immigrants and refugees have when trying to come to the United States. By challenging the ethnocentric tendencies of the North American film industry and the general negative stereotypes of Latinos in film, Nava is one of the first writers/directors to break away from the typical representations of Latinos and give such true representation and discussion of many issues surrounding Latinos, immigration, and American society and values. The film focuses on two young Mayan brother and sister, Enrique and Rosa, from their flight from their village in rural Guatemala to their life of hardship and isolation in Los Angeles,

The film closes at Luis at a soccer game with his aunt and his two cousins watching him play. In the last scene, Carlos is in the desert on his way to Mexico, he says "let's go

As a native-born Dominican migrating to the United States, Junot Diaz was positioned to assimilate to the culture of the United States. Diaz’s depiction of identity is expressed throughout his works, especially in The Brief Wonderful Life of Oscar Wao. Taking a nuanced approach to the complexity of the “American” culture relative to that of the Dominican Republic, he expresses his distaste for certain societal expectations and delves into the ramifications of those expectations through the experience of Oscar Wao. However, Diaz has a biased approach and makes generalizations which are exemplified through the roles of characters and their corresponding symbolic representations. Diaz tackles stigma’s that revolve around the intricacy of race, gender, sexuality, and identity; it is evident that his personal real life experience has transmitted into his work masked by the mysticism of the supernatural and his personalized perception of society’s power structure.

“Negocios”, a story from Junot Díaz’s drown, provides an indepth look into the life of an immigrant from the Dominican Republic trying to make a life for him and his family in the United States. Ramon is constantly faced with difficult challenges but he shows an amazing amount of determination to achieve his goal of providing his family with a better life.

Is interesting to see the strong influence of religion and culture in a play like The Cuban Swimmer. How the traditional role of a father and an obedient daughter is play along with the Hispanic culture. Is very common for a Hispanic family like the Suarez family to come to the United States for a better life for them and future generations. Eduardo like many other fathers wanted the best for his daughter and for her to accomplish everything he did not have the opportunity to do so. But it sometimes can be hard for the sons of immigrants to accomplish these dreams because they are not only carrying their own dreams but the dreams of their families. As well, it was interesting to see the strong role that religion had on the play, how the entire

It shows the community does not really welcome immigrants. Also it is very difficult to adopt life in new place, for example washing machine is so complicated for Rosa so she washes all the clothes by hand and lays them on the grass in the garden. Rosa and Enrique attend language school to improve their English. Movie emphasizes the power of the language again and also shows learning English helps their life to get better. Nacha helps Rosa to change her appearance with more fashionable clothing Nacha said “have you ever heard Sears” and tokes her for shopping. When Enrique sees her with new clothing and makeup, he says “What is this? You look like a clown! “. Scene shows Enrique’s attachment to their culture also they try hard to integrate. Enrique gets an offer for a better pay job with the chance to become legal resident but he refuses to leave his sister. The house they are staying is a mess when they come but after a while they clean and organize it and one scene Enrique told his sister that “In this country you work hard you can get somewhere” they are proud to earn better life standards. Then suddenly everything changes, Rosa gets sick, immigration was looking for Enrique. Enrique gets promoted at the restaurant and jealous coworker is upset about it and calls immigration police. At the end Rosa dies in the hospital room. The conversation between Rosa and Enrique is heartbreaking. Rosa said “they told us we make lots of money but

The novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, by Julia Alvarez, illustrates these challenges. Throughout the novel, we see how different aspects of culture shock impact the Garcia family. In this essay I will discuss how particular events change each family member’s Dominican cultural values and identity.

The whole movie deals with emotions and how they grow up in that environment and that reflects in next generation’s life. Their perceptions are a lot different from my culture. One thing that I felt from this movie is whatever you see from parents or elder siblings, most of the time you will follow that way and it’s also happen in my culture also. Twenty years ago at about the same time that "Cisco" and "Stingray" Santiago became leaders of the notorious Assassination gang and Luis also became a gang leader. That movie is also a great example of emotional intelligence. This movie is kind of empathetic.

In Juan’s meeting, he expressed his current problems of the exam and he also mentioned he is confused about his personal identity. Juan is very active in the community and also at school. Since he

This research will seek to compare and contrast the following examples: (a) Immigration push and pull factors: Both the memoir and the novel offer an accurate representation of the push and pull factors that initially motivated the father to immigrate to the U.S. The extreme poverty of their native town and the hope to find economic opportunities in the U.S. motivated the first member of the family to immigrate, the father, and as a consequence Reyna Grande and Juana also immigrate. The similarity between the push and pull factors on both works is one of the aspects in which Grande’s personal experience in Iguala, Guerrero are reflected and magnified on the novel. It is interesting to explore that in both of these texts these immigration factors are at times illusions and could negative consequences.

As compared to documented and U.S born Latinos, undocumented Latinos are identified to have a higher level of anxiety, adjustment disorders, alcohol abuse, and other psychological problems (Perez & Fortuna, 2005; Ramos-Sanchez, 2010). As summarized by Grau, J. M., Kerns, K. A., & Neal-Barnett, A. M. (2002), much of the research available on foreign-born and US-born Latino youth examines how acculturative stress, which stems from challenges related to adapting to life in the US (e.g., learning a new language, adjusting to new social norms and family dynamics, and experiencing discrimination), affect psychological well-being. Additionally, undocumented Latino immigrants may be afraid to disclose any type of information for fear of being deported because of their legal status and in turn increase the risk of emotional distress and hamper their quality of health. (Cavazos-Rehg et al., 2007). Living in an undocumented or mixed legal status family can be very stressful to both the children and the parents.

Life for a child as an illegal immigrant was especially hard. The labor was hard work for a nine year old. He had never seen his hand so black and dirty before in his life, and the pay was very little. Immigration police came, but luckily Carlitos escaped with another worker named Enrique. The two struggled to find employment just to pay for bus fares. After meeting his father for the first time, he found out his father would not contribute torwards Carlitos's mission of reuniting with his mother. Carlitos fleeted to the city his mom was located at with Enrique. On the journey to every payphone in Los Angelos, Carlitos was spotted by the police. But because Enrique distracted the police and got caught, Carlitos got away. He wounded up in place that described everything his mother once shared with him, the exact location his mother would go to call Carlitos every Sunday. Carlitos and Rosario's eyes finally met. They cautiously wait quietly on opposite sides of the street and remain silent. They have finally

Family life is important to Latino family interests are valued over individual well-being (Latinos, 2014). The structure of the Latino family tends to be patriarchal with great power and responsibility vested in the male head of household. The family is viewed as the focal point of mutual aid in the Latino community, based on the cultural norm of personalismo and the non-familial organizations are not generally trusted. Latinos depend more on the family for services, emotional support and advice than they do professionals. In the Latino culture, la familia (the family) and interdependence among its members are highly valued (Appleby, G.A., Colon, E., & Hamilton, J., 2011).