37 pages • 1 hour read
Summary
Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Key Figures
Themes
Index of Terms
Important Quotes
Essay Topics
Tools
How is this essay in conversation with modern concepts of the American Dream?
How does Luiselli’s difficulty obtaining a green card compare to what the undocumented child migrants face in immigration court?
What does documenting the individual stories of child migrants have to do with justice? What is the value of narrative in accomplishing action, either in the legal system, the public sphere, or in political spaces?
Plus, gain access to 8,550+ more expert-written Study Guides.
Including features:
By Valeria Luiselli
Common Reads: Freshman Year Reading
View Collection
Contemporary Books on Social Justice
View Collection
Essays & Speeches
View Collection
Hispanic & Latinx American Literature
View Collection
Immigrants & Refugees
View Collection
National Book Critics Circle Award...
View Collection
Politics & Government
View Collection
Popular Study Guides
View Collection
Sexual Harassment & Violence
View Collection