1-3. Share three specific insights you got out of my discussion of J. Herrera.
I was able to understand the poem more in depth from your discussion and see that it was about migrant farmers, who came to this country for all of these great reasons and to improve their lives. Then when they get here they find out they are exiled in the new country just like they were from their old country. In the video you also discussed how they come here legally or illegally and find out that they cannot follow the American dream like they thought. It made me think of a friend of mine that came here to work, get an education, and have a better life. Instead she is struggling to feel as if she is a part of our society and to fulfill her goals of a better
I was able to understand the poem more in depth from your discussion and see that it was about migrant farmers, who came to this country for all of these great reasons and to improve their lives. Then when they get here they find out they are exiled in the new country just like they were from their old country. In the video you also discussed how they come here legally or illegally and find out that they cannot follow the American dream like they thought. It made me think of a friend of mine that came here to work, get an education, and have a better life. Instead she is struggling to feel as if she is a part of our society and to fulfill her goals of a better