Friday, February 1, 2008

•In the movie wetback that I watched was bout the Mexican immigrants that were like Enrique and all have similar stories that he talks about in the book. First it was about a man (forgot his name) and he was working at a mill that was about to close down and that he might be out of work because the sales were low. Another was about some guy who told his boss he was quitting that there was nothing there and he wanted to make a better life for himself so he was going to the U.S. so as they set on for their journey other people tell their stories of how they attempted to make it across but something bad happened on the way. One guy who was telling his story had no legs from the beast Enrique talks about in the book. Another talked about how he tried to make a run for the train when he just woke up and his foot was ran over and he didn’t notice it until he tried to get up and run.

•The next section in the book it talks about the Mara salvatrucha. People talk about how they were robbed on top of the train by the gang. They showed us where they hide their money. Others talk about how when they were robbed they were pushed of by them. They also showed us what kind of weapon they used but I forgot what it was called. They also talk about how they rob other people. But their not the only ones, the cops are just as worse. They tell stories of how they were robbed by police and how they were harassed. One says he was striped searched for his money and another said when he was robbed they ripped up his papers because he didn’t have enough money.

•The last section in this book is the crossing. This is were a man and his daughter talk about how America would be so much better because school cost money in Mexico. The girl said she was pulled out of 7th grade because her father didn’t have enough money to pay the tuition. Then other people make their cross across the boarder. Some actually make it. At the end of this section a lot of immigrants were caught at night by those lowlife rednecks. Then at the end the first two men are still living in Mexico and the one who quit cant get his job back. The daughter and the father have called and said they are living the American dream. the ones who they filmed cross the river were caught and in jail one of them is getting deported. Sad story.

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