Both “Mexicans Begin Jogging” and “Fish Cheeks” deal with immigrants trying to live in the American society. The author that struggles more with their role and place in American society is Amy Tan because her story comes across clearly and is easy to understand that she is not used to the American society. While the poem is confusing and is not very clear with what they are talking about. I wouldn’t have known that “Mexicans Begin Jogging” had to do with immigrants if the prompt hadn’t said they both deal with living in the American society.
The author Amy Tan, in her text she deals with living in the American society more than the other author because she gives the reader a clear idea of what she is going through at the moment. In the story “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan, it says “What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas? What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked poor proper American manners?” Tan
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In the text “Mexicans Begin Jogging”, it says “At the factory I worked in the fleck of rubber, under the press of an oven yellow flame.” Soto Lines 1-3 Thus Gary saying this, he also said “Over the fence, Soto,” he shouted, and I shouted that I was American. “No time for lies,” he said, and pressed A dollar in my palm, hurrying me Through the black door.” Furthermore Mexicans have to deal with the hard jobs of America because it’s the only America offers them in jobs (the hardest and dirtiest jobs) and they are not being appreciated for what they are doing. While Amy over here is more worried about what a boy thinks of her which is not really dealing struggle as an