1. Analyze this cartoon:

2. “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” Jose Antonio Vargas
What is the author’s purpose for writing?
How is this article organized?
How does the structure (organization) aid the purpose?
What other strategies/devices are employed?
Pre-Flight In the Philippines with his mother, who was supposed to follow him to the United States but never did.

3. Analyze this cartoon:

4. Agree or Disagree:
Vargas should be allowed citizenship based on his contributions to society.

5. The deceit Vargas and his family created was justified.
Agree or Disagree:
The deceit Vargas and his family created was justified.

6. America should have a one-size fits all immigration policy.
Agree or Disagree:
America should have a one-size fits all immigration policy.

7. Analyze this cartoon:

8. Tortilla Curtain
TC Boyle
(1995)

9. Setting: Topanga Canyon (The hills just north of Los Angeles)

11. “Tortilla Curtain” Mimicking the “Iron Curtain”
Suggests flimsy nature of Mexican-American border
Physical, psychological, emotional wall

12. Pay Attention to Symbols/Motifs:
Motif—a dominate feature in a artistic work; something that appears time and again
Coyote
Arroyo Blanco Estates and its gate
The home arrest tracking device
Lawns and yards
America’s pregnancy

13. Pay attention to these other strategies:
Use of alternating point of views
Satire/irony
Thanksgiving!
Delany’s liberal environmentalism
Names: Candido & America
Flashback
Cliff-hanger chapter endings
Character foils
The red thread of the inciting incident
The role of America
Physical descriptions of characters
Juxtaposition of events

14. Analyze this cartoon: