The Urbanization In Heart Of Azhlan, By Rudolfo Aztlan

Heart of Aztlan by Rudolfo A. Anaya is a novel that displays Brelas life during the periods of post-Korean War. Though it is a novel that involves fictitious characters, the described situation in the novel was real. Though the characters utilized in the novel are in dire hopelessness, the mood of the novel is filled with hope. The book is a pure dedication as indicated by the author to people all over the world that could have in life struggled with self determination right, dignity and freedom. The author helps the reader visualize varying situations that the characters in the book are going through. Through the reading, it is easy to see how urbanization affected people differently. There is a vivid picture of Barelas people and the daily …show more content…
Rudolfo Anaya portrays to his audience the struggle that people had to endure during the urbanization period. In the mind of Benjie Chavez’s family, travelling to the West is a good chance of experiencing new opportunities. What they don’t realize is that the migration to the big and hostile city will involve a very heavy task. The big city indeed comes with greater opportunities but also has its own challenges that are not easy to adapt to. This novel is really moving especially when the reader gets to see what the Mexican people faced in Albuquerque. Migration here is told in a different perspective as a man together with his family is faced with great poverty after immigrating to industrial Albuerque. Workers seem to be deprived off their rights something that causes them great anguish and …show more content…
Teenagers exposed to the city life seem to have issues coping with girls getting into prostitution while boys get into gangster life. The most saddening part of the novel is the reality that the immigrants could not move back to their homes since they had already sold their lands. The author displays how the immigrants get into culture clash with urban culture being so different from what they are used to in rural areas. The issue of class also comes out whereby the immigrants are treated with less respect while their employers are treated with overly respect. The daughters and sons are quickly learning the ways of the city and also aping them hence bring a great social conflict with their parents. The injustice faced by the immigrants becomes so vivid and painful to an extent of organizing protest against it. This is a great political move that marks the foundation of the immigrants’ liberation from the