The novel "The Tortilla Curtain- by T. Coraghessan Boyle is about two Mexican immigrants who come to America to be free. One of the Mexican immigrants, Candido, gets hit by the car of a white man. There other immigrant is America, who is the wife Candido. America is a seventeen-year-old Mexican girl who, through the eyes of Candido, appears to be nave ... moments with her boss Candelario Perez but she rises above these just to get money for her and her husband. She is like Rosa Parks during the civil war movement. Rosa knew what she was doing was taking a risk, but she remained determined to ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... and living there for about 6 months, we became established in the poorer ranks of society. Then my parents decided once again to move, this time to California. When we arrived here I realized why we left Russia. California was magnificent in every way, from its streets to its theme parks. In the book The Tortilla Curtain author T.C. Boyle describes why a husband and wife crossed ... the border as illegal aliens for the opportunity of a better life in California. Candido, the husband of America, explains how and why they crossed the border "Crouching down beside the corrugate iron fence, ...

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• Grade Level: High School