Dream Things True Marie Marquardt Analysis

In Marie Marquardt’s, multicultural novel, Dream Things True, Marquardt focuses on the immigration systems issues, through her own experiences in fiction. In Dream Things True, two teens from different cultures fall in love, one happens to be an undocumented immigrant. Marquardt’s immigration experiences influence the novel by displaying a story between a well raised, rich teen boy and a poor, undocumented mexican teen girl who fall in love, influenced by Marquardt’s close friends who fell in love, while being faced with fear of ICE immigration tearing their love apart.
Marie Marquardt, an author of young adult novels, a college professor, as well as an immigration advocate (Marquardt). After many years of researching, as well as witnessing friends that were immigrants, Marie decided to do more to influence others. Marie often spoke to groups about …show more content…
The nephew of the senator, as well as a well raised southern boy. Who grew up with everything except maybe a loving family. Then there is Alma the undocumented mexican girl, who has a large loving family. The two come from opposite worlds but come together and fall in love despite all differences and obstacles that come down the road. Marquardt contains immigration factors in a special place in her heart. She loves helping the immigrants, even though it may cause her pain in the end watching the deportation process. Marquardt's views on immigration express her love for the overall issue, the broken system as well as broken homes. She only writes this novel to make others more aware of the destructive immigration systems around the world. Marie does this in hopes of getting many others to help aid in the healing process of the shattered systems. In Dream Things True , one cultural aspect is race. Alma as well as her family having a mexican culture and family. Throughout the book Marie expresses many cultural expressions