Gary Soto's Looking For Work

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Some people come to America thinking their lives will dramatically change. Some might come from poor countries in hope of a new life and more opportunities that is given in America than back in their homeland. This thinking would lead on to them transforming themselves to become more “white-like” like white people. Almost everyone believes that the white population is the superior one out of everyone else. That’s why in the short story Looking for Work, by Gary Soto, it shows how Soto felt when he finds out that his family isn’t like what he calls “normal”. Throughout the whole short story, Soto mentions himself as a nine-year-old kid trying to transform his family from “disorganized” to a somewhat “organized” family. As little kids, they

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