The Red Umbrella Analysis

In the United States of America immigration has been going on for centuries. In text across the world immigration is widely used and varied. Depending on the text, immigration can be portrayed in many different ways such as, positive, neutral, and negative. In the text, The Red Umbrella and, A Band-Aid for 800 Children is portrayed from both similar and different ways. The story, The Red Umbrella, has portrayed immigration differently from, A Band-Aid for 800 Children. In the text the author had a positive tone towards immigration. One piece of evidence that said, “As I left the room, I saw Mamá’s shoulders shake and tears stream down her cheeks. Papá reached into his back pocket and pulled out a handkerchief. He offered it to her while his own tears fell to the floor.” The author has made it a good option for the kids to go to the United States to avoid …show more content…
One thing that makes them alike is how they have the separation of kids from their parents. In, The Red Umbrella, the kids have to leave their parents from Cuba to go to United States to have a better life. The kids from A Band-Aid for 800 Children have to separate from their parents from when they are borned or when they are immigrated. Both the kids have to live without the parents as they grow up, in both of the text. In both stories a shared subject is sacrifice. The parents of both stories have to make a sacrifice to leave their kid behind so they have a better life than their older environment. In, The Red Umbrella, the parents have to make the sacrifice as Papa and Mama and in A Band-Aid for 800 Children, Nora has to make a sacrifice to assure the kids are well taken care of and or in healthy environment. Lastly, they both use the words of actual people to express emotion and feelings. From both text Nora and the Papa and Lucy have dialogue causing feeling for the actions and words passed. In both of the texts many things are similar to compare about