The Red Umbrella, by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and “A Band-Aid for 800 Children,” by Eli Sastow both show a big subject of family separation. The authors both uses similar and different techniques to show that family separation is very serious within many families every year.
Family separation is a big part in both of these texts. In “The Red Umbrella,” The parents were going to send the kids to the U.S. where it was better for them to be. This was because they didn’t want them to be in Cuba while the Cuban Revolution was happening. In “A Band-Aid for 800 Children,” kids were separated from their parents because they were getting deported. Another example from the text “The Red Umbrella,” shows that the tone was very sad. The parents were unhappy
Family separation is a big part in both of these texts. In “The Red Umbrella,” The parents were going to send the kids to the U.S. where it was better for them to be. This was because they didn’t want them to be in Cuba while the Cuban Revolution was happening. In “A Band-Aid for 800 Children,” kids were separated from their parents because they were getting deported. Another example from the text “The Red Umbrella,” shows that the tone was very sad. The parents were unhappy