Book Report
In his book The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child, Francisco Jimenez discusses his experience growing up and struggling through his immigration to America. The book is portrayed through the lens of his younger self as he travels with his family from one labor camp to another in an effort to build a better life. Jimenez explains that the reason he wrote the book was inspired by his love for education and learning in creating stability in his life. Despite wide acclaim for this book, in 2010 the state of Arizona ruled that this, and several other books, be banned on the basis of inappropriate manifestation of ethnic solidarity in schools.
The first ten pages of the book explain Francisco, his family 's dynamic, and his journey growing up migrating in America. Reading the emotional and physical toll the narrators circumstances take along with the visual descriptions the writer supplies create a mood of hopeful sadness in every sentences. …show more content…
The child explain his work schedule, "twelve hours a day, every day, seven days a week, week after week," (p. 1). As this was transcribed, flags go off in my mind of child labor laws. This very explanation makes me realize the privileged difference between how American kids grow up and how many kids in Mexico grow up. Culturally, in Mexico, it is normal to work long hours to help your family. In America, there are laws that prevent this from happening. Having a personal and in depth look into the lives of an immigrant child and comparing it to my own upbring shows how blinding privilege is to how others live their
In his book The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child, Francisco Jimenez discusses his experience growing up and struggling through his immigration to America. The book is portrayed through the lens of his younger self as he travels with his family from one labor camp to another in an effort to build a better life. Jimenez explains that the reason he wrote the book was inspired by his love for education and learning in creating stability in his life. Despite wide acclaim for this book, in 2010 the state of Arizona ruled that this, and several other books, be banned on the basis of inappropriate manifestation of ethnic solidarity in schools.
The first ten pages of the book explain Francisco, his family 's dynamic, and his journey growing up migrating in America. Reading the emotional and physical toll the narrators circumstances take along with the visual descriptions the writer supplies create a mood of hopeful sadness in every sentences. …show more content…
The child explain his work schedule, "twelve hours a day, every day, seven days a week, week after week," (p. 1). As this was transcribed, flags go off in my mind of child labor laws. This very explanation makes me realize the privileged difference between how American kids grow up and how many kids in Mexico grow up. Culturally, in Mexico, it is normal to work long hours to help your family. In America, there are laws that prevent this from happening. Having a personal and in depth look into the lives of an immigrant child and comparing it to my own upbring shows how blinding privilege is to how others live their