Something Interesting

Something I found interesting recently was a singing parrot. I was scrolling around Snapchat and found the video. It was a parrot singing Chandelier by Sia. This video had to be one of the funniest videos I have ever seen! 

Immigrants In Our Own Land Analysis

a. Jessica Parra's blog entry about the poem is honest and talks about the reality behind the poem. She gives good examples on how the theme is "expectations vs. reality". Jessica also gives good details on her belief of what the main image is, which in her eyes is comparing immigrants coming to a new land with the immigrants entering a prison.
b. My answers to the questions compare to Jessica's because I believe the theme is false promises. I would say this is the theme that compares to Jessica's because she believes the theme is "expectation vs. reality" and false promises are the immigrants have their own fantasies about the new land providing new opportunities, but then reality hits them. The promises made by America were false and now immigrants have to face the consequences. The tone is very emotional because the detail it gives about how the character is feeling can really connect to you. You can feel how disappointed Jimmy Santiago is just by paying attention to the adjectives and details given. The mood is very sympathetic because you feel bad for the immigrants facing these problems because they didn't know what else to do. Some devices include metaphors such as the line "like scholars use glasses and books to reach the world" or a hyperbole such as "The doctors don't care, our bodies decay, our minds deteriorate, we earn nothing of value".
c. I would have to change my mind about the theme "false promises" to 'deceit" because the immigrants were deceived. They were all told lies by the people in America. They were all told something else when the people in the new land new exactly hat they were doing.