Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Drawing Connections: For Thursday, February 3rd
For Thursday, choose one of the readings from last week's lab. It can be one that you summarized, the one we discussed in class, or another that's interesting to you. In the comments, talk about the connections between this article and Danticat's book. Think about how to use specific language to make those connections. What other information or details would you like to know that would help you explore these connections further?
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Every single thing that may look like a mandatory service such as a hospital or a mental facility that apparently are for the usage of people is nothing but a business. Prisons are not the exception. In the article “Private Prison Economics Help Drive Arizona Immigration Law”, Laura Sullivan explains the direct relation that deportations have with the increase of private jails on Arizona. As well as Danticat mentions on her book “Brother I am dying” the agony that relatives have to go through when they know that one of their members is on prison is uncontrollable. The anxiety and stress that people that are about to be deported are target of, is known by the rest of the people that are outside and as well as the convicts suffer likewise. These people are abused not only physically, but mentally. This article is related to the book because both have the same common factor, deportation and prison. Unfortunately, on Arizona they are making a lucrative business out of kicking people that only came here to pursuit a better future for their children.
ReplyDeleteHi Johanna - Good overview and summary. Look at the sentence that starts "As well as Danticat" - this is the kind of transition sentence we were discussing in class yeterday. They can be tricky. Look at how you might revise this one for clarity.
ReplyDeleteChanging someone’s mind sometimes be easy. It would give that person a chance to try something new, like a different ice cream flavor. To change someone’s believe can be a little more tricky. We can take tow totally different stories, one is “Brother I’m Dying” by Edwidge Dandicat and the other is an article about a study called “I Know the Truth So Don’t Bother Me with Facts” by Jeffery Kluger. Dandicat’s book is about a story of a Haitian family, one of so many families that struggled through the harsh time that Haiti saw during their many years of political problems. The other one is a study done by a couple of assistant professors to see if people’s believes can be changed after giving them more hard facts.
ReplyDeleteYou might think that there’s no connection between the tow. What does Haiti’s problem have to do with a study done at a university? But if you look deep enough after you read both you see that there is a connection. The father of Dandicat tried very hard to convince his brother to come to the U.S and settle here so his life won’t be in danger. His brother believed with every bone in his body that there’s going to be change, and he wanted to be part of it. In the article about the study, they couldn’t change the peoples’ believe by giving them hard evidence against what they believed in. It just made them stick to theirs even more. So whether the person’s believe is to stand for a country or stick to a tradition , it is going to be hard to change their mind.
Immigrants are forced to receive poor treatment for the good of their family they're supporting. discrimination goes around as well for either the documented or undocumented. The article "Exploited: Plight of the undocumented worker" discussed how the undocumented would work over extensive hours for little pay. to the point that the worker would take physical abuse.
ReplyDeleteIn Danticat's story, her father faced slightly different similarities. he was his own boss, but still received some sort of exploitation and abuse. The customers would have him drive to their distention and not pay. he needs the money and the customers would take that for granted. The man cannot go to the police because his job as a taxi driver doesn't belong to a company that grants him benefits. I'm sure the customers can see the cautious behavior, signifying that he would not take drastic action in an unsafe neighborhood at night. Her father also received verbal abuse, but takes it anyway so that he can support his family.
This is Man vs. Society for the two groups of immigrants. they have a new life to face with people against them who take them for granted. And a country with laws that provoke them from doing any necessary action.
Hind - Interesting connection - to my mind Danticat perhaps shows a limitation of the article - it suggests acting despite the facts must be a delusion, but she points to a case where it might better be described as faith. One word form thing: notice the difference between "believe" and "belief"
ReplyDeleteElaine - Good connections - be sure to practice regular capitalization at the start of each sentence. Notice the fragment at the end of your first paragraph: how would you correct it?
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