Orange County A Personal History Essay

Throughout history the world and its people have been constantly changing without warning or consent. For humans though it might seem like an issue, well its not simply because of the fact that humans are the most adaptable species on the planet. Even though we are the most adaptable beings on the planet we still go through struggle to adapt and learn, but at the end of the day we survive. In Gustavo Arellanos book Orange County A Personal History he give us an incite how his family adapts to prosper in a new world. Gustavo goes into detail how his family were subject to racism and life struggles. Through it all they strived for a better life and overcame any hardships to reach their goals for living a better life in the new world. When Gustavo Arellano’s mother migrated to the United States she brought along her side of the family …show more content…
They went through endless amounts of discrimination and abuse. Another aunt of Gustavo’s was aunt Belen she had a family of her own. When she arrived to the United States Belen and her family had to live in a car for a while. Its wasn’t until a friend made arrangements for Belen and her family to stay at a boarding house. Soon after a turn of events happened immigration raided the boarding house deported everyone except for Belen and her family thanks to Mama Chela. Something I would like to share is my father’s story and how difficult it was for him to assimilate to life in the united states. When he first arrived my father told me that he had to live on the streets for two days because he had no way of contacting his friend Vidal who he was supposed to stay with. Also the frustration he felt having no job for three months relying on his friend for food and housing. He told me how he used his first check to go to school to learn the basics of English. He endured all the hardships and adapted to the new environment so me and my sister could live without