"In a warm village with a thousand colors, there lived a little sparrow who loved a little girl". This stunning quote is from a marvelous book called Journey of the Sparrows by Fran Leeper Buss. I would like to encourage you to add this story to your textbook. It is about a girl, along with her sister, brother, and friend, who are nailed into crates to move to the United States. But, they are illegal immigrants, coming into the United States to get away from the guards in Mexico. This story includes three ideas that really caught my eye; flashbacks, foreshadowing, and the whole plot of the story. Journey of the Sparrows will for sure make you want to know and be more like the characters all throughout the story.
In the book Journey of the Sparrows, the character Maria, who is the narrator, has many flashbacks from when she lived in Mexico. She explains the breathtaking sunsets and the colorful flowers that surrounded her hometown farmland. She also remembers her family, altogether at one time and watching the sun go down and the colorful sky. She opens up about how she used to love to play on her swing, hang on a tree, and climb up so high that it was almost as if she could touch the sky. Maria misses those relaxing and happy moments with her family, but she has to remember that she's not in Mexico anymore. …show more content…
One example could be when Maria, Julia, Oscar, and Tomas were nailed into small crates to go to the United States. That event foreshadowed into secretly going somewhere to hide from the guards. Another example is expressed when Maria gets a job, but the boss watched and patrolled her constantly every day. He was like a hawk stalking his prey and waiting for the right moment to catch her as an illegal immigrant. My final example is when Maria goes back to Mexico to get her sister. They must cross a river, but it rained all night and was very
In the book Journey of the Sparrows, the character Maria, who is the narrator, has many flashbacks from when she lived in Mexico. She explains the breathtaking sunsets and the colorful flowers that surrounded her hometown farmland. She also remembers her family, altogether at one time and watching the sun go down and the colorful sky. She opens up about how she used to love to play on her swing, hang on a tree, and climb up so high that it was almost as if she could touch the sky. Maria misses those relaxing and happy moments with her family, but she has to remember that she's not in Mexico anymore. …show more content…
One example could be when Maria, Julia, Oscar, and Tomas were nailed into small crates to go to the United States. That event foreshadowed into secretly going somewhere to hide from the guards. Another example is expressed when Maria gets a job, but the boss watched and patrolled her constantly every day. He was like a hawk stalking his prey and waiting for the right moment to catch her as an illegal immigrant. My final example is when Maria goes back to Mexico to get her sister. They must cross a river, but it rained all night and was very