In this video, Mr. Sauce, an Ecuadorian chef and one of the fastest marathon runners in New York City is featured. Mr. Sauce explains throughout the video his difficulties as an immigrant with a family, his obstacles at work, his passion of running, and his love for his wife and child leading to his sacrifices he has made and makes on a day to day basis. The biggest moment in the video that struck me was when Mr. Sauce described his internal struggle with going back to Ecuador and not being able to due to a list of reasons. One of these reasons touched me and was very powerful in relation to his son’s future if he were to leave the country and travel back home. He stated, “My son has big dreams, and I always support him. I wanted to return to Ecuador, but I also think of my …show more content…
Sauce’s home country. He confesses that he wants to go back but is forced to stay because of the love and the support he has for his son. This emotion and idea about his son and allowing him to reach his full potential, is described beautifully when Mr. Sauce shows his struggle and sacrifice by saying he wishes to goes back but it would be like clipping his son’s “wings”. This simile compares his son to an eagle or a bird who at his full potential will spread his wings and fly but if he were to go back to his home country, he would be clipping his son’s wings off and ending his dreams, desires, and goals in life. This personally stood out to me as my father, also an immigrant, had to go through the same struggle for us, his children and family, to have a better life. Even though it’s a bit different as he can enter and leave the country as he wishes due to the fact he owns the “elite” American passport and citizenship, at first he couldn’t and faced the same struggles Mr. Sauce did and still