There is always HOPE.
This essay by Demetria Martinez, is very descriptive
at the beginning and it gives us a sense of place very detailed about how hot
and dry the desert is, also how the neighborhood in the border U.S-Mexico feels,
it made me feel like I been there. By saying that "The Arizona sun is
melting like a part of butter on the mountain." The author gives such a
unique description about how the desert feels like.
"….. I hope that very soon
we can be together forever" this last sentence of the reading "The
things they carried" made my eyes watery. I believe
this sentence is very strong because it has an ambiguity, due the fact that is
unclear where they will be ‘together forever’, if is in America or in heaven in
case things go wrong.
They things they carried
illustrate the horrific situation that people go through when trying to get
into the U.S Illegally. The metaphor that I see with this reading is that the
things they carried, more than pictures, letter, pain killers, airplane tickets
is the hope to Come to America to make their dreams come true. Another aspect
that is described in the reading that I found very significant is the
immigrant’s hope to be part of this mazing nation, the land of freedom and
opportunities. The author support my point of view while says that, "I think
of the hope that guides such men, women, and children north. Only hope"
They don't certainly know what distance they can walk, or how far the north can
be, what keeps them coming to the border is the hope that lives in their hearts.
