Summary Of El Jefe By Rafael Trujillo

“Large-scale migration from the Dominican Republic to the United States began in the 1960s, in the wake of economic and political turbulence that occurred after dictator Rafael Trujillo was killed by rebels in 1961 and the U.S. military and other government agencies intervened” (Chiamaka Nwosu, Jeanne Batalova). Trujillo also known as “El Jefe” was an extremely brutal dictator whom is responsible for massive amounts of massacre killings. He who cheated his way into power brung fear amongst the population in Dominican Republic by creating a secret police force which was used to torture and most importantly kill anyone who attempted to interfere. Millions of people have suffered the loss of their loved ones due to the corrupted government forcing them to flee their homeland. They envisioned glory by attaining a new beginning, freedom, and equality not only for themselves, but for their families as well. In the book How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents the de la Torre family took advantage of the opportunity to migrate out of their homeland settling in New York City. These newcomers faced numerous struggles with adapting and stabilization while also simultaneously dealing with traumatic cultural displacement. …show more content…
In numerous cases they happen to get treated poorly, which makes it difficult to comfortably adapt to the new surroundings and lifestyle. When being surrounded by a community that isn’t welcoming, one can easily feel left out and insecure. This tends to make immigrants ache for their family members back in their homeland. On page 102 Carla, the eldest Garcia daughter stated, “You can believe we sisters wailed and paled, Whining to go home. We didn’t feel we had the best the United States had to offer.” They realized that they were in desperate needs of being surrounded by the people they felt most safe