Something Interesting

Susan Boyle

I think this video is interesting because everyone first doubted her when she first came on stage, but after her performance they could see how talented she was.

Jimmy Santiago Baca's Poem

My first thought after reading his poem was that it was the truth. The poem makes you think about people and not just immigrants and all the trials they go through, especially when they come to America hoping for a better life. But instead they are met with a system that crushes any hope of that.

I agree with Jessica when she says that when the immigrants come to America or any other country all they can say is things have"changed".

Tone: serious or pessimistic
Mood: realization or inevitability
Devices: similes, metephors
Main idea: pathos