The Adventure Of Don Chipote Or When Parrots Breast Feed By Daniel Venegas

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In the analysis of the novel, The Adventure of Don Chipote or, When Parrots Breast-Feed by Daniel Venegas, it was of utmost importance to note Nicolás Kanellos put great effort into the circulation of said novel in Spanish and English. Kanellos, in his findings, contends that Spanish-language immigrant novels more accurately present the wickedness of American society such as the oppression of immigrant workers. Presumptuously, Kanellos could have felt so passionately about circulating this particular novel due to the fact that Venegas’ novel clearly represents the native in their homeland, the immigrant, and the exile cultures experienced in a foreign land. Don Chipote is a picaresque and satire novel that address the representation of the …show more content…
For example, in chapter six when Don Chipote and Policarpio are looking for jobs the inclusion, on Venegas’ behalf, of the realization both immigrants make in regards to the limited amount of jobs that Americans will allow Chicanos to do are in itself intended to dissuade any future immigrant that would like to try their luck in a foreign land. Our protagonists continue their journey to the recruitment offices and are assigned jobs that the recruiters know nobody else would take but as a result of the poor conditions people came in, they become the jobs that only Chicanos would take. Venegas illustrates how Don Chipote and Policarpio came to realize that the odds are set against them: “The railroad companies and the Supply are in cahoots.” (Page 54). All these companies and systems that were in place were meant to get the most value and usage of the workers through every aspect possible including labor and the …show more content…
Clearly, to those who have read and understood Kanellos’ argument this author does not come to par with the standards of a Hispanic immigrant writer set by Kanellos and therefore Venegas’ novel should not either. However, this novel is a clear representation of the oppression of the working class. For example, in chapter nine when the discussion of the pay checks is brought up: “… there is only one day they get excited and that is payday. That’s when they demonstrate their sadness or joy.” (Page 78). Objectively, after learning of Venegas’ social class background his literary authenticity in an accurate representation of the working class immigrant becomes questionable. Yet, however questionable Venegas’ capability to represent the immigrant working class his objective for this novel was not lost in translation; which was to educate and persuade Chicanos to stop immigrating to the United States in order to avoid being exploited by the systems that were, and are, in place for the

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