IMMIGRANTS IN OUR OWN LAND

Impression: My overall impression of this poem is that immigrants seek for a better life, for the land of opportunity but in the end those dreams that they seeked for it just turns out to nothing.

Theme: I agree with Jessica Parra that the theme of this poem is expectation vs reality. Immigrants believe that America is the land of opportunity. The land where their dreams will be fulfilled. A place for a better life. But in reality, once they arrive to this new world their expectation turns out to nothing.

Tone: Jimmy Santiago Baca sets the tone in a depressing way. How immigrants carry on a dream at first but in the end their dreams crush.