Alla En Guatemala

Transnationalism and identity are key factors in defining a person's beliefs and practices. However, the children of immigrants have a hard time maintaining their culture because once they step in America, they are required to adapt to the American Culture if they want to succeed in U.S. This idea is cruel as well as discriminating the culture of the immigrants. I have read two articles that talks about this type of situations that immigrants go through when they arrive in U.S. The two articles that I’m referring to are called, “ Expression of Maya Identity and Culture in Los Angeles,” by Giovanni Batz and “ Alla en Guatemala,” by Lucila D. Ek. Throughout my essay, I’m going to be referring back to the articles to explain the changes that children of immigrants go through and how this is affecting the relationships between the parents and the child.
In Giovanni Batz article it demonstrates that the country of Guatemala is not a great place to live a life due to their political violence and poverty. This is the main reasons why tons of Guatemalans come to America in the first place. The majority of the Guatemalans think, coming to the U.S and starting all over will give their children the opportunity to live a better life. This idea is somewhat accurate; however, there are some issues that immigrant children have to face when coming to the United States. For example, in the article, it says, once the …show more content…
The way it's different from the other one is that this article talks about a young woman that is Guatemalan-American that was going through the same problem. But this young lady maintained her language, culture, and identity, despite being forced to learn the American Culture. The way she kept her identity was by traveling to Guatemala and visiting her relatives. By doing this, she never forgot about her culture. Her name was