The True North Poem Summary

The North may sound beautiful from afar but once you hear about this unique adventure into the North you may think twice about how beautiful it really is. Luis Alberto Urrea, the author of Into the Beautiful North shares a unique story about a group of girls who travel into America on a very important journey. This story begins in small town in Mexico known as Tres Camarones, where there are very little men to be found. There is a young girl named Nayeli who works with a man named Tacho that owns a restaurant within this town. She has two best friends named Yolo and Vampi who also live in Tres Camarones. One night Nayeli is inspired to go on a quest into the north to bring her father and other men back to their town. Nayeli gathers her two best friends and Tacho together and convinces them to go with her on this quest. On this adventure into the north they come across many difficult situations; they are caught crossing the border, attacked multiple times by strangers and separated throughout the story. Eventually Nayeli crosses the States and discovers her father despite the troubles she faces. Although the girls and Tacho run into many problems, they were able to gather men on their way through America. Urrea shares this story and creates a relationship with his audience through imagery and diversity. The author constructs this novel on Mexican magic realism, this novel should be read by a high school aged audience and older because of the real life subject told in a way

1)Donald Savoie, "All Things Canadian Are Now Regional," Journal of Canadian Studies 35.1 (Summer 2000): 203-217.

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Into the beautiful North, by Luis Alberto Urea, is telling a story of a nineteen year old girl called Nayeli who is encourage by the movie “The Magnificent Seven” to go to the United States with her three best friends. Their mission was to cross the border and recruit seven men to save their town, Tres Camarones, from the bandidos. But she also wanted to bring her dad back home. He and the rest of the men of Tres Camarones went to the United States looking for jobs to sustain their family. The author wants to show how undeveloped Mexican towns such as Tres camarones can cause poverty, lidding to one of the biggest topic now days which is immigration. Immigration is a cruel and hard path caused by

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