Xochitl Tovar
ENG 313
Prof. T. Sung
THE SQUATTER AND THE DON
Introduction
The Squatter and the Don is a literary piece by Maria Amparo Ruiz De Burton whose primary agenda is to explain controversy in multiculturalism. The book focuses on descriptive occurrences in California of the Alamar Family, who struggles with squatters who settle in their land. These squatters are doing several volatile things, like killing Don Mariano Alamar’s cows without any fear of consequence. Out of the different themes created with the culture mix, the squatter and the don each get a meaning.
The language perspective of the novel is to show how the Californians have been deterritorialized, strangled economically and oppressed as introduced by (Ruiz de Burton pg. 2). It happens during a political period where …show more content…
The different cultures depicted in the book shows that women have been sidelined in the positions among politics, economics, and social fields. However, in this example, Mrs. Darrell tries to provide a moral compass and does this by affecting justice (pg. 45). She tries to teach men humane ways and of pairing the different cultures which have been depicted by the fact that man’s tyranny and religion does not allow a woman to succeed in the competitive world. This is encouraged by intermarriages of the Californios and members of other cultures (i.e. Clarence and Mercedes, and the Mechlins and Alamars), making marriage a means to an end.
The presence of the Railroad tycoons also subjects the poor people to more problems (pg. 90). The Mexican-Americans who are seen to have an “upper hand” in the railroad curse, are considered superior morally and culturally. As a result, the Californio men fall victim to the tycoons. The Alamars and the Darrells also fall victim to the tycoons. They operate in corrupt deals because of their class, not considering the Meixcan-Americans and the cultures of the deprived in the
ENG 313
Prof. T. Sung
THE SQUATTER AND THE DON
Introduction
The Squatter and the Don is a literary piece by Maria Amparo Ruiz De Burton whose primary agenda is to explain controversy in multiculturalism. The book focuses on descriptive occurrences in California of the Alamar Family, who struggles with squatters who settle in their land. These squatters are doing several volatile things, like killing Don Mariano Alamar’s cows without any fear of consequence. Out of the different themes created with the culture mix, the squatter and the don each get a meaning.
The language perspective of the novel is to show how the Californians have been deterritorialized, strangled economically and oppressed as introduced by (Ruiz de Burton pg. 2). It happens during a political period where …show more content…
The different cultures depicted in the book shows that women have been sidelined in the positions among politics, economics, and social fields. However, in this example, Mrs. Darrell tries to provide a moral compass and does this by affecting justice (pg. 45). She tries to teach men humane ways and of pairing the different cultures which have been depicted by the fact that man’s tyranny and religion does not allow a woman to succeed in the competitive world. This is encouraged by intermarriages of the Californios and members of other cultures (i.e. Clarence and Mercedes, and the Mechlins and Alamars), making marriage a means to an end.
The presence of the Railroad tycoons also subjects the poor people to more problems (pg. 90). The Mexican-Americans who are seen to have an “upper hand” in the railroad curse, are considered superior morally and culturally. As a result, the Californio men fall victim to the tycoons. The Alamars and the Darrells also fall victim to the tycoons. They operate in corrupt deals because of their class, not considering the Meixcan-Americans and the cultures of the deprived in the