La Linea by Ann Jaramillo
La Linea, is a book that I would recommended to read because it is accessible, connects the reader with the story, and has a good character development. The story is about the difficulties that Miguel, Elena, and Javier have to confront to get across La Linea ( across the border between Mexico and the US). The language that is used is very basic and the words in spanish, that make the story more realistic, are translating. In the part of character development, the characters are introduced along in the story in the same way some disappear, but Miguel, Elena ,and Javier remain in the story most of the time. So these three characters have a development in terms of humanity, comprehension to each other, strategic skills, and force to survive. In addition, the deep …show more content…
I wasn’t the only one with this idea. There were others sleeping here” (Jaramillo Pg.52). This hard situations are true for most of emigrants in Mexico because they travel without a peso (money) in their pockets and others are undocumented, so they have to stay in a low profile. In my opinion, the main the criteria that the book cover is connection. Furthermore, this book connects you to a reality: the separation of families by a border, how emigrants become a family even without knowing each other before they start the trip to the US, the real risks that emigrants faced in the desert and the train that transport them to the north, and finally the most important part, in my opinion, the benevolence of some Mexicans toward emigrants, and also the cruelty of some other that extortionate them. One example of the benevolence of Mexicans is exposed in the next quote about what Miguel experience in his trip on the Mata gente (a train that cross Mexico from south to north), “I saw people gathered at the side of the tracks. They were throwing [food] at the train… more people swarmed from their houses… and they didn’t miss. They’d done this before, lots
La Linea, is a book that I would recommended to read because it is accessible, connects the reader with the story, and has a good character development. The story is about the difficulties that Miguel, Elena, and Javier have to confront to get across La Linea ( across the border between Mexico and the US). The language that is used is very basic and the words in spanish, that make the story more realistic, are translating. In the part of character development, the characters are introduced along in the story in the same way some disappear, but Miguel, Elena ,and Javier remain in the story most of the time. So these three characters have a development in terms of humanity, comprehension to each other, strategic skills, and force to survive. In addition, the deep …show more content…
I wasn’t the only one with this idea. There were others sleeping here” (Jaramillo Pg.52). This hard situations are true for most of emigrants in Mexico because they travel without a peso (money) in their pockets and others are undocumented, so they have to stay in a low profile. In my opinion, the main the criteria that the book cover is connection. Furthermore, this book connects you to a reality: the separation of families by a border, how emigrants become a family even without knowing each other before they start the trip to the US, the real risks that emigrants faced in the desert and the train that transport them to the north, and finally the most important part, in my opinion, the benevolence of some Mexicans toward emigrants, and also the cruelty of some other that extortionate them. One example of the benevolence of Mexicans is exposed in the next quote about what Miguel experience in his trip on the Mata gente (a train that cross Mexico from south to north), “I saw people gathered at the side of the tracks. They were throwing [food] at the train… more people swarmed from their houses… and they didn’t miss. They’d done this before, lots