Pat Mora Immigrants

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In the poem, "Immigrants" by Pat Mora, is not only about the American dream but it is about the struggles Immigrants faced. The poem demonstrates the fear and doubts of what most immigrants go through, which is whether they and their children will be accepted. Therefore they are eager to do whatever it takes to adopt their kids with American customs, for example, food them American foods such as hot dogs and apple pie and they name their children with American names such as Bill and Daisy. In the process of demanding acceptance, immigrants tend to lose they're own rich ethnic and traditional cultures. Throughout the poem, the parents try to do change their children's backgrounds instead of valuing their roots which shows the uncertainty of the parent's identity, and it explains the rejection of one’s roots.
There are many different elements in the poem “immigrants, ” and one of them is the use of imagery. Mora uses imagery in the poem when she attempts to illustrate how immigrant view the American dream for example ““wrap their babies in the American flag, feed them mashed hot dogs and apple pie, name them Bill and Daisy. Buy them blonde dolls that …show more content…
It looks like Mora made the poem into two different verses. In the first stanza, she discusses Americans and their lifestyle and the second stanza is talks about how the immigrants try to alter their children at such an early age by “Speak to them in English, hallo, babe, hallo, whisper in Spanish or Polish when the babies sleep…” (Mora 7-9). Which describes the life immigrants want. I believe Mora puts it into two stanzas to show us that both parts interrelate with each other. Mora communicates her thoughts through her poem “Immigrants” to show us how strongly immigrant belief in the American dream. Although to American’s it is not impeccable because a human being never appreciates what they have until its gone, but to most immigrants it is what they always dream
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