The Tortilla Curtain

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Summary: my opinion
Review: this book is about the real world and about the reall troubles that citizens and non citizens go through. finding work and a place to live, and being able to keep that job and home. the four main characters are in thier own way about the same all trying to find their place in the world of skeptics. candido trying to provide for his family and take care of his pregnant wife after they crossed the border illegally. Delany meets rather runs over candido and just blows him off gives him some money and worries more about his car then the guy that he just ran over. I would have just payed more attention to the person on the ground in front of my car rathere than the car, one thing I didn't like about the book other than the book itself. I have to say that it if well writen but not a book for people that can't handle racial comments. steriotypes on two races mexicans and white americans. Just an overall hard book to deal with, I couldn't read and deal with all the comment about both races since I am both. so if you can't handle racial comments I wouldn't read the book. If you want to get a better look at what other races go through then I say jump in to this book and have a reading fest.

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Summary: monica 's review of tortilla curtain
Review: the book tortilla curtain by t. c. boyle. is an exageration of two cultures, Mexicans and Americans. Candido and his wife america are portrayed as two stupid, poor, dirty, savage-like, and ignorant mexicans. While, Delaney and his wife Kyra are portrayed as selfish, stuck up, and self centered. Everything was taken to the extreme. this book lacked a lot of real life point of view. Also a lot of racism that doesn't exsist as much now in real life. my parents are immigrants, and they came searching for the american dream as well, however their experiance was nothing like Candido's and America's. im not saying that every immigrant's life is like my parents, but it is certenly not the way that it was described in the book. if you want to read a joke, read this book.




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Summary: The Good the Bad and theUgly
Review: "Not knowing what to expect, shocking"
This book is dealing with alot of controversial issues, such as race issues and the way people are towards eachother. It goese into the lives of two opposite families and it gives a perspective of what they think of eachother. The incidents such as a car accident when an American ran into pedestrian over and didn't even bother to call the police. In return he gave the president twenty dollars. The American had a life of luxury and a privuiledged lide in California. The character Cantido lives and adores his seventeen-year-old wife, America. Tortilla Curtain shows how some people are just privileged with some things such as a house and a loving family. For example, the American family lives in a gated community with not really knowing what happened on the outside, while Cantido struggles to pick up the scattered pieces of his life. As these two familes cross they [...] heads and make some prejudice comments. This happenes more than people actually think. All people struggle but some more than others.

This book seems to open the minds of many objectives that we deal with everyday. It doesn't matter what race you are. Anyone can relate to this book some how. This book is definitely a must read. It takesyou to a place in someone else outlook at things.