The Devil's Highway Analysis

Title: The title The Devil’s Highway is both literal and metaphorical. Because the meaning of the title has both literal and metaphorical connotations, it easily captures the essence of the book.
Literally, while these men travelled across the desert in order to reach the Mexican-US border, they traveled through the Devil’s Highway. Metaphorically, the title is a representation of how these men went through Hell on earth to get to where they needed to go. These men experienced dehydration, heatstroke, hyperthermia, and even death. Not to mention, as soon as they came close to the border US border patrol took the survivors into their custody and drove them straight to the hospital where the men were left to worry about what would happen to them next. That is about as close to hell as one can get. If I were to change the title of this book, Road to Nowhere because for most of the book, when they were wandering through the desert, it seemed as if they were going nowhere and they didn’t arrive to their desired destination, at …show more content…
Illegal immigration has been an issue for quite some time in the United States, and people within the states are very quick to judge those who cross the border. However, people fail to recognize the lengths immigrants go to just for the slim chance of making it to the United States. The Devil’s Highway brought to my attention the physical and mental obstacles these people experience. It cannot and should not be taken lightly. Immigrants should not just be written off as lazy people who want to take advantage of the US government. A lazy individual would not even consider risking their lives to provide for their families. If these people could make enough to survive and maintain a healthy lifestyle in Mexico, they would not come to the United States. This book made me realize stereotyping these immigrants is not only morally wrong, it is