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Summary Of Suicide Of A Puerto Rican Jibaro In Mainland Buffalo

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Many people have dreams of coming to America for a better, more satisfying life. In the poem, “Suicide Of a Puerto Rican Jibaro in Mainland Buffalo” the author (A Puerto Rican immigrant) dreams of coming to America to achieve his version of the American dream, However he soon realizes that America is a country that takes dreams and manifest them into nightmares. "The tropical music that was killed by the new sound of 'salsa.' But they didn't understand, his children didn't understand." This shows that once you become accustomed to America and its rules; its controlling demeanor will stripe you of your cultural heritage. Children that are born in America are not able to comprehend the constant struggle and change that their parents had to endure

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