How would a person feel and act if they had to pick up their belongings and move to a different country as an undocumented immigrant? These are three different stories with three different main characters, that are all going through or have gone through exactly that. The three following stories: “The Trip”, a fictional story by Laila Lalami, “Exile”, a poem written by Julia Alvarez, and finally “Outlaw: my Life as an Undocumented immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas all have three main characters that are going through similar struggles. These three stories are all about the struggles of an undocumented immigrant and those trying to get into a new country in order to provide themselves and their children with better, safer lives.
“The Trip” is a fictional story about a man who decides that he wants a better life and goes on a trip to a new country. Murad, the main character, decides to embark on a dangerous trip to Spain in the hopes that he would be able to lead a better life. “Sometime on this flimsy boat and then a job… He doesn’t want to break his back for the Spagnol…”(Lalami,48). Murad lets us know that he does not want to …show more content…
Jose talks about the struggles of trying to hide the fact that you are undocumented from everyone, even people who are important to you. “But i'm still an undocumented immigrant… it means going about my day in fear of being found out. It means rarely trusting people, even those closest to me, with who I really am”(Vargas,2). Jose mentions a few of the hardships of being an undocumented immigrant, such as constantly being afraid that they would be found out and reported to ICE and not being able
“The Trip” is a fictional story about a man who decides that he wants a better life and goes on a trip to a new country. Murad, the main character, decides to embark on a dangerous trip to Spain in the hopes that he would be able to lead a better life. “Sometime on this flimsy boat and then a job… He doesn’t want to break his back for the Spagnol…”(Lalami,48). Murad lets us know that he does not want to …show more content…
Jose talks about the struggles of trying to hide the fact that you are undocumented from everyone, even people who are important to you. “But i'm still an undocumented immigrant… it means going about my day in fear of being found out. It means rarely trusting people, even those closest to me, with who I really am”(Vargas,2). Jose mentions a few of the hardships of being an undocumented immigrant, such as constantly being afraid that they would be found out and reported to ICE and not being able