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Liliana Carrillo

Professor

History 30

May 19, 2011                                         Bordering Fires

       Cristina Garcia Bordering Fires The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and

Chicano/a Literature is truly a work of art. The short stories that in many ways remind me of

what it is to be Mexican, Chicana, Mezitisa. The authors in this book wrote exceptional short

stories of what seems to be a little bit of every Chicano and Mexican family; form, how import it

is not to loose ones language, from experiences of border crossings, infidelities, hard working

mothers to travels to Cuernavaca. Bordering Fires truly demonstrates that Chicanos have borders

to cross each and every day.

       “Chicano English” is a form of live for the Chicano in the United States, even though in

Mexico “pochos” are still viewed as traitors like la Malinche. Gloria Anzaldua How to Tame a

Wild Tongue is a remarkable story of how Mexicans/ Latinos keep their language alive unlike

other immigrant groups. As well as there are many types of dialects among the same community

like pachuco, North American English, Chicano Spanish in California and Texas. Anzaldua’s

main theme in this short essay is that keeping our Spanish alive and understanding that there are

different dialects in the Spanish/ Mexican languge. Anzaldua speaks of how parents want there

children to loose their accent, so they can get a job. Sad to say there was a generation when

parents did not teach their children to speak Spanish, because they wanted them to mainly speak

English. Anzaldua, states, “We speak a patios, a forked tongue, a variation of two languages’.”

Meaning that we ourselves develop our own way; our, own dialect to feel that we belong

amongst each other.
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       Richard Rodriguez’s India short stories explain how India’s can be classified in

different races. India or being called India/o can have different meanings to different people. For

example Rodriguez in India describes that his family is of European decent and are not

considered Indios. Yet a student undergraduate told him “God, it must be cool to be related to

Aztecs.” Meaning that although a Mexican family might be of European decent, but have a

“Mexican look,” to the whole world a Mexican is a Mexican and people forget about mestizaje.

Another theme that was present in India was that of not being ignorant and that Indios are still

alive even though they might not have that certain look. Example, the Indian student who argued

with him that he did not see the Indian in his face; and, that him himself knows he is an Indio and

that they do not have the same Indio face. The student also would speak of his troubles and how

the Mexican would not understand. But many Mexicans are Indio’s due to Mestizaje. Rodriguez

used la Malinche la India, La Indian whore who betrayed Mexico for Cortez,and in the end

herself was betrayed by Cortez. Yet the Indian survived more than the Spanish.

       Traveling to Cuernava expaling his advenruer to find the lost B. Traven. Rudolfo

Anaya’s B.Traven Is Alive and Well in Cuernavaca; in this story the volcano “Popo” has a story

that must be told. Him and his friend Justino go on an adventure to Popo. Justinos jefe is Don

Francisco, a man who kills many people and the steals their fortune. Don Francisco hides his

many in Pozo de Mendoza but he Francisco is cursed and he can not touch the gold because it

will disappear. Mendoza was a man who Don Francisco killed, Mendoza cursed Don Francisco.

Justino inspired authors and made them curious about the gold in Popo. Rodriguez met an old

man who he thought was B. Taven but really was not. Towards the end of his story he meets the

old man who I believe is B. Traven and explains to him that writers have a curse; the curse of
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hearing stories and then following them. B.Traven was following Justino;s story about the gold

in Popo in Cuernavaca alive and well.

       Never Marry a Mexican by Sandra Cineros main theme really about the Mexican

women and the infidelities that are brought among families. She starts of by telling the live of a

Mexican family, the children raise themselves in this case the dad is lazy and the mother has two

jobs just to get by. Her mother tells her to never marry a Mexican, because frustration with her

husband. Then her mother married a white man after her father died, and she could stand that.

She then tells about her being la malince because he made other woman cry for sleeping with

their men. Towards the end she tells her student Drew about sleeping with his father but since he

was white was not allowed to marry a Mexican. This in some cases still happens the not being

able to mix into cultures due to race.

       Ruben Martinez Excerpt From Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail

is an exceptional story that describes the immigrant family. From the clothing they are wearing

to their fears and the crossing over. Martinez gets every detail down to the point. Its is amazing

to even think that at one point border crossing was so easy and not such a dangerous path, unlike

today due to Pete Wilson’s hate for Mexicans/ Latinos and immigrants in general. He details the

Migrant families’ suffrage thru all the racism. And how the border is all about politics, power

and money.


Our people Mexicans, Chicanos cross borders every day not so
much to prove our selves but rather just to survive and feel like
we belong somewhere. We are Aztlan! "Por                                La Raza
todo, Fuera de La Raza nada"
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Bordering

  • 1. Carrillo 1 Liliana Carrillo Professor History 30 May 19, 2011 Bordering Fires Cristina Garcia Bordering Fires The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a Literature is truly a work of art. The short stories that in many ways remind me of what it is to be Mexican, Chicana, Mezitisa. The authors in this book wrote exceptional short stories of what seems to be a little bit of every Chicano and Mexican family; form, how import it is not to loose ones language, from experiences of border crossings, infidelities, hard working mothers to travels to Cuernavaca. Bordering Fires truly demonstrates that Chicanos have borders to cross each and every day. “Chicano English” is a form of live for the Chicano in the United States, even though in Mexico “pochos” are still viewed as traitors like la Malinche. Gloria Anzaldua How to Tame a Wild Tongue is a remarkable story of how Mexicans/ Latinos keep their language alive unlike other immigrant groups. As well as there are many types of dialects among the same community like pachuco, North American English, Chicano Spanish in California and Texas. Anzaldua’s main theme in this short essay is that keeping our Spanish alive and understanding that there are different dialects in the Spanish/ Mexican languge. Anzaldua speaks of how parents want there children to loose their accent, so they can get a job. Sad to say there was a generation when parents did not teach their children to speak Spanish, because they wanted them to mainly speak English. Anzaldua, states, “We speak a patios, a forked tongue, a variation of two languages’.” Meaning that we ourselves develop our own way; our, own dialect to feel that we belong amongst each other.
  • 2. Carrillo 2 Richard Rodriguez’s India short stories explain how India’s can be classified in different races. India or being called India/o can have different meanings to different people. For example Rodriguez in India describes that his family is of European decent and are not considered Indios. Yet a student undergraduate told him “God, it must be cool to be related to Aztecs.” Meaning that although a Mexican family might be of European decent, but have a “Mexican look,” to the whole world a Mexican is a Mexican and people forget about mestizaje. Another theme that was present in India was that of not being ignorant and that Indios are still alive even though they might not have that certain look. Example, the Indian student who argued with him that he did not see the Indian in his face; and, that him himself knows he is an Indio and that they do not have the same Indio face. The student also would speak of his troubles and how the Mexican would not understand. But many Mexicans are Indio’s due to Mestizaje. Rodriguez used la Malinche la India, La Indian whore who betrayed Mexico for Cortez,and in the end herself was betrayed by Cortez. Yet the Indian survived more than the Spanish. Traveling to Cuernava expaling his advenruer to find the lost B. Traven. Rudolfo Anaya’s B.Traven Is Alive and Well in Cuernavaca; in this story the volcano “Popo” has a story that must be told. Him and his friend Justino go on an adventure to Popo. Justinos jefe is Don Francisco, a man who kills many people and the steals their fortune. Don Francisco hides his many in Pozo de Mendoza but he Francisco is cursed and he can not touch the gold because it will disappear. Mendoza was a man who Don Francisco killed, Mendoza cursed Don Francisco. Justino inspired authors and made them curious about the gold in Popo. Rodriguez met an old man who he thought was B. Taven but really was not. Towards the end of his story he meets the old man who I believe is B. Traven and explains to him that writers have a curse; the curse of
  • 3. Carrillo 3 hearing stories and then following them. B.Traven was following Justino;s story about the gold in Popo in Cuernavaca alive and well. Never Marry a Mexican by Sandra Cineros main theme really about the Mexican women and the infidelities that are brought among families. She starts of by telling the live of a Mexican family, the children raise themselves in this case the dad is lazy and the mother has two jobs just to get by. Her mother tells her to never marry a Mexican, because frustration with her husband. Then her mother married a white man after her father died, and she could stand that. She then tells about her being la malince because he made other woman cry for sleeping with their men. Towards the end she tells her student Drew about sleeping with his father but since he was white was not allowed to marry a Mexican. This in some cases still happens the not being able to mix into cultures due to race. Ruben Martinez Excerpt From Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail is an exceptional story that describes the immigrant family. From the clothing they are wearing to their fears and the crossing over. Martinez gets every detail down to the point. Its is amazing to even think that at one point border crossing was so easy and not such a dangerous path, unlike today due to Pete Wilson’s hate for Mexicans/ Latinos and immigrants in general. He details the Migrant families’ suffrage thru all the racism. And how the border is all about politics, power and money. Our people Mexicans, Chicanos cross borders every day not so much to prove our selves but rather just to survive and feel like we belong somewhere. We are Aztlan! "Por La Raza todo, Fuera de La Raza nada"