In conclusion, structuring the article around the story of Urbano and his two teenage sons has its own advantages. It teaches the issue of immigration. It gives the readers characters to care and take interest in. Also, it provides Laskas with a narrative from which she can develop many subjects that are directly related to immigration. For example, she explains in a fascinating the distinctive farm labor conditions in Maine, the cultural disconnect between Anglos, and the Hispanic migrants who pick their fruit. The dramatic opening scene when Pedro awakens and is unable to see and his father and twin brother try to help him, and the scenes in between when the readers learn that the family came to Maine’s blueberry barrens is because of the
