The Tortilla Curtain
by T. Coraghessan Boyle
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Author: T. Coraghessan BoyleEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-09-01
ISBN: 014023828X
Number of pages: 355
Publisher: Penguin Books
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- ISBN13: 9780140238280
- Condition: New
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Book Review: "Two Different Worlds"
Summary: 4 Stars
It's amazing how many people that are not from America for example Mexicans try to cross the border from Mexico to here America for a better life. This relates to America and Candido in the book "The Tortilla Curtain," by T.C. Boyles. The book shows how many Mexicans; Candido and America, went through a lot of things to get a better life in America. As for Delaney and his wife Kyra, didn't suffer as the other couple. These two couples have two different types of worlds. The author T.C. Boyles talks about how the two different couples are and also how some people could be racist towards their opposite race. Candido and America suffer a lot as with food, the way of living, money, and America's pregnancy. In the book Delaney runs over Candido and he only gives Candido $20 dollars. He's really hurt, but $20 dollars are better then nothing. To Candido this shows how Delaney is been racist because if it would have been an American he wasn't going to pay $20 dollars for running over the American. In that accident that's how Candido's life changed because he can't really work anymore because how badly he is hurt. As for Delaney $20 dollars were nothing to him because of the life he's life is rich. People from Mexico might think that coming to America it's a better life, but when you see reality like Candido and America, then you probably would change your mind on coming to America. They're two different worlds, different lives, and different types of economics.
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