Dagoberto Gilb Analysis

Dagoberto Gilb Dagoberto Gilb writes about things he can most likely relate to. In his writings he proves that simplicity can get the point the across effectually. Not only does he prove that simple sentence effective but his writing also depicts how the Mexican-American working class struggle. Dagoberto Gilb was born in Los Angeles on 1950. According to Contemporary Authors Online Dagoberto Gilb’s mother was an illegal immigrant. She moved from Mexico City to Los Angeles California, where she met Gilb’s father. Stated in the Contemporary Authors Online article on Gilb it stated that his father was a “World War II ex-Marine sergeant of German ancestry”. In the same article it describes that relationship between Gilb’s mother and father was “brief and stormy” (The Wittlff Collection). Dagoberto parents separated when he was just a toddler, which shows that Gilb’s went on to be raised …show more content…
When he writes his sentences does not over complicate his story with overly long sentence, or with over the top metaphors. Dagoberto Gilb he gets to the point quickly. Because Dagoberto Gilb’s writing is to the point this allows the reader to quickly understand what he is trying get across to the reader much faster. Through his simple sentence Dagoberto Gilb writes about what he can relate too as well. He tells stories about the Mexican-American working class, Family, love and unemployment. Many of these subjects he has experience. For example unemployment, after graduating college he struggled to find a job in his field. Another example would be the Mexican-American working class. Not only he himself is a Mexican-American working class, but he must have run into other Mexican-Americans during his long experience as a journeyman carpenter. Especially the fact he found lots of work in El Paso, which has a heavy Mexican-American population. These are just a few of an examples in how his how his own experiences shape his