Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Discussion Director Part Two Chapt 5 - Part3 Chapt 3

1)What are the allusion or allegories in the Delaney's article, chapter 5?

2) Explain the sarcasm that Kyra mentioned in pg 245.

3)What is the difference of Candido and Delaney's progress in thankggving day ?

4)Why did America not run when the fire started ?

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Travel Tracer Part Two: Chapter 1-5

The action for this reading begins in page 149-157 when Delaney is buying a new car and on his way to meet Kyra at a restaurant, for a  lunch date. While, Delaney is buying the car he begins to feel violated, because everybody seems to act as if the dilemma was a weather issue. This generates a huge jump towards Delaney's hatred towards illegals. When Delaney meets his wife, they discuss the new car's luxuries; when they are to depart and go their own ways Kyra notices a barking inside one of the cars, a green jeep with the window barely cracked open, a danger to the dog's health in the summer heat. She furiously tries to open to door however, she is unsuccessful and confronts the people in the restaurant to release the dog. Kyra was in such heat that she demanded to know why the owner had let the dog inside the car with the intense heat. The owner responded, "Why don't you just fuck off, lady"(157).

  • The Key events that occured in this reading was: 
    • In page 165-166 when Kyra assumes that the man working with Al is the Mexican that Delaney hit.
    • In page 169 when Kyra confronts the two 'hikers' and she lies to them by saying that she owns the property because she felt frighten to what they might do to her
    • In page 181-182 America confesses to Candido that two men had taken the money America possessed and hid the fact that the two men had raped her
    • In page 182 the author describes the physical pain that America is going through
    • In page 186  Candido drinks himself into oblivion, and, while watching America try on her new maternity clothes, accuses her of lying to him about the rape and calls her a whore; this leads to an agrument
    • In page 197 at a get-together Delaney is informed that the labor exchange will be history.
The events end when Candido fries the birds he caught for food. America does not even consider eating the birds.The next day Candido went to the labor exchange and noticed that it was empty because it had closed down. Candelario Perez told Candido that the property was taken back. He also informed him that if he did not have a green card then he should scarce because La Migra will be arriving soon.