Gary Soto's Like Mexicans: Personal Experiences
My decision to write in response to Gary Soto's work, "Like Mexicans"
was influenced for the most part because of the similarities between myself and
Gary Soto, and our families included. Gary Soto is a Mexican American male, who
grew up in the San Joaquin Valley in the industrial part of a town called Fresno.
His grandparents came to this Great Valley in search of creating a better life
for themselves and their families. I am also a Mexican American male who was
born and raised in the San Joaquin Valley in a small town called Porterville. My
grandparents migrated with their children, my mother, father, and their brothers
and sisters in hopes of creating a better life for themselves as well. At the
time economic betterment meant working as a hired slave for minimal income and
keeping your mouth shut. After all, you were nothing more than a wetback who
came to America to reap her benefits.(This ludicrous ideology is still......
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