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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso " Gonzalez uses metaphor and symbolism to convey how the speaker hates the desert but its not primarily the deserts fault. "The violent border, I assumed, though the boundary line between the living and the dead was erased years ago", when the speaker characterized the border as violent, he proceeded to say that there is no difference in being alive or dead because soon enough you'll be dead. A bit further in the poem, "must be the roar of illegal death" the words 'illegal death' symbolize that many people die at the desert without a proper farewell. The desert doesn't give them the opportunity to die in peace. At the end the speaker uses metaphor and symbolism to reveal the hatred relationship between the speaker and the desert.

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In " One El Paso, Two El Paso", Ray Gonzales uses metaphor and imagery to reveal that the speaker and the desert are both connected to the city ,El Paso, where a horrendous event took place. In line 21, the poet writes that the "atomic bomb gave birth in the Jornado", the words "gave birth" shows that the massacre started in Jornado and slowly started to spread to other cities in New Mexico. "Then cut off from El Paso, the town surrounded with barbed wire, the new country kissing car bomb, drug cartels, etc."(Lines 23 and 24), Gonzales describes the town to set an image to the reader of how controlled the area was with all the bombs and wires. In conclusion, the reader can make an inference that the massacre that took place in El Paso took many people's lives just like in the desert by all the border patrol agents.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses imagery and metaphors to reveal how the speaker and the desert have many differences that in some cases could be solved. In the beginning the author makes it clear that he was, “awake to follow the immigration shadows  vanishing inside. American walls, river drowning as they cross.” When the author said this it helps us realize how many deaths he’s seen on his way to cross the border. When it said “American walls, river drowning as they cross” the American walls can be seen as the border between Mexico and the USA  and how these immigrant deaths are on the American border patrol for being so strict leaving these immigrants to take a longer route which just ends in their death most times.

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In "one El Paso, Two El Paso" the poet uses symbolism to reveal that the speaker and the desert have a difficult relationship. In the poem, the poet uses the word "shadows" to symbolize how little of an importance immigrants are to the americans. In the U.S ,the life of an immigrant can be valued less than a penny because that’s just how privileged Americans think. But the poet uses the word "walls" to represent a barrier that stops immigrants. If you think about it the only thing that immigrants are afraid of are Ice Agents meaning Americans. The Americans are given the power to stop anyone who comes into their "territory". One thing for sure is immigrants are willing to cross no matter what because they are looking for a better life so if they have to go through the " illegal death" then so it'll be. The desert is there only way to wealth and prosperity but also the way to death.

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In "One El Paso Two El Paso" Ray Gonzales uses imagery and symbolism to reveal that the speaker and the desert have a love hate relationship.

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In "One El Paso , Two El Paso" Ray Gonzales uses imagery and tone to enlighten the reader into comprehending how the poet has a deadly yet passionate love and respect the dessert" as the poet talks about the wars that took place in the dessert he says "dream the atomic bomb gave birth" to compare something that brings death to the creation of life to show us how you should look at the dessert from its beautiful side. But he also knows he could very well die in the dessert. The poet states" kissing car bombs, drug cartels , massacres across the river" this sets a tone of death and sorrow to show how the poet understands the horrible things that in the dessert. But overall even with all the deaths the poet has learned to admire the dessert by its beauty before all of it

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In "One El Paso , Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses symbolism to describe how the speaker is scared of the desert. When he says "I feared, old shoes decorated with razor wires , a heaven of light on the peaks."

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" the poet uses symbolism and imagery to reveal that the speaker and the desert have a complex relationship. We can see how less immigrants of thought of. The poet uses the word "shadows" to express how little importance is given to immigrants, while for Americans the poet uses the word "walls" to describe how visible they are. The way I think of it is, so you clearly see a wall when there is one, but everyday there are shadows everywhere yet you don’t give a shadow importance or even mention the shadow. Just like Americans and immigrants, poeple see immigrants as if they were nothing and arent important, yet when they see americans they give them so much importance. When the poet says "roar of illegal death", it refers to the deaths of immigrants trying to cross to america, but the word "roar" reveals to us that it is so many deaths in the desert that keeps increasing each day. The poet uses symbolism and imagery to reveal to us the very negative relationship between the speaker and the desert. The desert is their only way to get to america, but it is also the cause of millions of immigrant deaths.

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In " One El Paso, Two El Paso "Gonzalez uses symbolism and imagery to reveal the fear they have of the desert but admiration as well. Throughout the poem he's describing the desert as a "historic trail" many people have died there and many have gotten into a better future but you had to choose either to  back down or go into the "eternal radioactive wind" to get what you want .He used that because it can be interpreted as the bombing that happened in 1945 and it can affect you if you go into the desert or that you can feel like you've been walking for so long you start feeling a change of air and it reacts to your body by your skills lacking in the war vs. the desert. The desert has a lot of  "illegal death" that means that a lot of people pass the "violent border" and get injured or die while their trying to do it but they decided to put all their trust on the cross, they feared that decision but that’s the only one they could have hope .Even though the desert sometimes looked like a "massacre" had happened ,there was still that "beautiful dust" no one could ever take away .The authors complex relationship with the desert means that he respect the desert for all its been trough but fear it from the same decision, you can benefit from it if you get trough some rock he out in the way but you can get a drawback from it if he thinks your not strong enough making the desert the devils shadow.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Ray Gonzales uses tone and symbolism to demonstrated how the speaker and the desert have had a toxic enter actions, but the speaker respects the deserts power and danger. When the speaker just wakes up he hears a sound that’s calling, and believes it’s the mountains or the "violent border." After waking up the speaker thought that the "line between the living and the dead was erased years ago." But there was still many deaths happening in the desert. He feared the desert and the challenges he thought were gone. The speaker describes the desert as a place were death and living. Finally awake the speaker was following the trail that immigration left to America. While the speaker is following the trail he encounters many dead body's. The speaker uses ton to describe how the dead body's  of countless immigrants wanting to cross the border and desert," Must be the roar of illegal death." The speaker dose not act much sentimental to the dead people, but dose show commiseration towards them since he been through the desert before. His trip in the desert was a harsh experience and a dangerous one, but because of this he won't forget the desert and its challenges it has.

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| In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Ray Gonzales uses imagery and symbolism to reveal how the speaker feels like the desert is a scary place however she finds it quite elegant . To begin with the speaker awakens in the desert and states "Awake in the sand , I feared , old shoes decorated with
razor wire  , a heaven of light on the peaks " . The statement above lets the reader know how as she starts recovering her conciseness  she feels scared but is also memorized by heavens gorgeous light  . Secondly she says" I choke ,1945 explosions in the sand
, eternal radioactive wind  " which lets us see how she knows that the desert is dangerous but still finds a way to describe the radiation as something out of this world/stunning . (ik its bad)

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In "One El Paso , Two El Paso"  uses imagery to reveal that the speaker and the desert shows the hot and fearful side of the wall however the speaker is loving to the desert.  The quote "Must be  the roar of illegal death"  shows the speaker is frighten by what the desert has done to people. "The Wall" shows the where the conflict is at and where it is being recognize. The  "illegal death" is imagery to show that most of the people getting injured or die. The connection to the desert on how it is giving all these death  scenarios around the American wall.   However, in the quote" five centuries of praying"  shows that when they  decided to cross through the drownings and the dust  of the desert. "Beautiful Dust" shows a way  to see the desert as a loving place. The " Old shoes decorated" is imagery that shows how much trash there is in the water when it gets tangled to the people. This connects was that the speaker  had a thought of the bodies dying and the desert still being a having a beautiful side. While the relationship between the speaker and the desert emphasizes  how the deaths shows its true nature of the people dying by being hot or just the things in the desert itself.

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The Poem "One El Paso,Two El Paso " Ray Gonzalez uses imagery and symbolism to reveal the speaker and the desert are enemies because they're both separated by fear, however Ray wants to defeat that fear because its the only way to escape and to confront the desert. for Example In the Poem section 1 lines 5 and 6 "Must be time to get up,Parked Outside ,Border Patrol Vehicles, I had to choose" the speaker is clearly using  imagery to show you what his visual is and that the decision he is going to take is risky whether is getting caught by The Border Patrol or taking the desert as the better option. my second example In the continuation in section2 line 1 the poem line ''Awake to follow the immigration shadows vanishing inside American Walls" implying that the shadows symbolize hiding and that they would need to move in silence In unknown grounds . In Conclusion the poem "One El Paso ,Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses imagery and symbolism to show the connection the speaker is showing courage into the journey even if he is afraid of risking his own life whether with the Border patrol or desert.

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In the poem "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses poetic devices such as imagery
To express how the speaker and the desert can relate with each other. He sees how its hard
To survive there and he saw how "Maria Salinas" body was dragged out the mud, and I am pretty sure he does not want to be one of them. Even though its hard for him he has to fight against the desert because in order to achive  what you want you have to go through these American walls. He tells us how immigrants suffer, how a lot of people dont make it and all the horrifying things that happen. He is not giving up.

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In "One El Paso, Two el Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses imagery to reveal the love hate relationship that he has with this beautiful biome but in the same biome many deaths have happened that sadden the author. And how the desert is the one that causes these deaths but he's to scared to hate it due to his deep admiration for it. In the beginning the author is waking up in a dream already the author begins to explain this really complex feeling he has with the desert. Calling it a "violent border" laying down on the sand he "feared". But then begins to see his surroundings and now its as if all of his fear was blurred by "a heaven of light on the peaks". Showing how the desert can be like a Venus fly trap that looks pretty to lure you in and then chomp! You're gone no traces left of you. He then continues to describe the death of "Maria Salinas" when he transitions into the next stanza the tone shifts from an earnest tone to a lamenting tone. Saying "river drownings counted as they cross" this quote is saying that there has been so many deaths in this river that they just  count the bodies as they pass. The one he talked about was Maria Salina's death when she was being "dragged out" in her "mud costume pasted with plastic bottles and crushed beer cans". This death really stuck out to the author due to where it happened it was where the place he admired the most. But he's to afraid of that place to notice that she didn’t just drown that she didn’t just walk in the river and drowned no it was the desert, the desert can look welcoming but its just waiting to stab you in the back. And it doesn’t kill people because it wants to, it kills them because of what it has seen all of the wars and how the humans destroy its beauty, when the "1945 explosion in the sand" caused a whole "eternal radioactive wind". The desert will always have that scar and it’s a reminder to it of what they can do. In conclusion the author has a complex relationship with this place that means a lot to him but also he admires it due to him being scared of it and it being so beautiful that the author cant see what behind those mountains and "beautiful dust".

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Gonzales uses imagery and symbolism to describe the speakers reverence of the desert, However the desert also claims the lives that cross it. When the speaker decided to cross the border, he includes that he was "Awake to follow immigration shadows vanishing inside American walls, river drownings counted as they cross." The  stanza portray a sense of imagery to show what the speaker noticed on his way to cross the border. The reader can infer that the immigration show that who are the people who crossed over in the past .After having made the decision of walking passed the border, the trip through sand made time go by and soon enough the speaker saw “a heaven of light on the peaks”, assuming that there is a safe place among all. The speaker made a decision that they feared; feared the death that could possibly come to them as well and having seen. The statements that were provided in the poem sends a message that are when it comes to nature.

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In "One El Paso Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses symbolism and imagery to reveal how the speaker has a slight hatred towards the desert but cares and admires it despite all the bad things that happen there. The poem starts of by the speaker waking up in the desert he says  "must be time to get up, I assumed, Parked, outside, Border Patrol vehicles, I had to choose" this can symbolize that he had a to make a very difficult decision to keep going through the desert knowing it was very risky and could go wrong. As the poem keeps going Ray says "Awake to follow immigration shadows vanishing inside of American walls" this quote symbolizes how "immigration shadows" were the immigrants hiding in the shadows trying to cross the border and them "vanishing inside of American walls" means how people were dying or having something go wrong as they crossed the desert trying to get to the US. This quote reveals how he was "awake", he was aware of what the desert was capable of,  he became fearful of it knowing and seeing people die in it as they try to find their best way out. However, as the poem ends Ray describes a war "I choke 1945 explosion in the sand" he also describes other problems going on in the desert like "massacres across the river, hundreds shot and ambushes, drug cartels" I think he mentions this to emphasize how he cares for the wellbeing of the desert and what goes in it even if it has taught him all the mischievous things it is capable of . At the very end he finishes his poem with "Make the sign of cross open your eyes to one town, two cities, five centuries of praying in the beautiful dust" this quote wraps up the poem by giving it a sense of hopefulness to the desert and wanting the best for it after all the sad struggles it has given them. In conclusion in "One El Paso Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses symbolism and imagery to reveal how the speaker became fearful of the desert because of the stuff that it has taught him but at the end of the day he loved the desert and wanted it to prosper.

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In One El paso, Two El paso Ray Gonzalez uses imagery to reveal  that the speaker and the desert are connected like in a way like if they know each other, however the desert is just a a place, a hell that normal people avoid.Ray uses words like "Heavenly" to describe a desert when it is the total opposite, he describes it as if it was a ideal vacation or the greatest place to be, like a vacation.In conclusion the author has  some type of past memory of the desert that made him happy or something that he enjoyed about the desert

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In “One El Paso, Two El Paso” Ray Gonzalez uses paradox and imagery to reveal that desert cannot only be dreadful but both harming and beautiful. However, the speaker feels like if he goes to the desert it would mostly be terrifying. Because, the speaker saw the harsh ways people have died in the desert it made him become more fearful but the speakers goal is to overcome any obstacles the desert puts him through. The speaker is stuck in a overplaying dream but the desert is guide in a way because it takes him to different events. For example, there is no border but the speaker felt like there was a limit that he couldn’t pass and the speaker felt and seemed lost as he says “i thought... i assumed” However, the desert is leading him through the reality of his destiny. The speaker had witnessed “the ending of the war mutating the border into another” to give details about the war impacting the environment around the border wall specifying that many crossers that go to the desert never make it out alive.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" uses Imagery to show the "complex relationship"  between the speaker and the desert, For example in section 3 "Awake in the arroyo of a mushroom cloud, I choke, 1945 explosion in the sand, eternal radioactive wind". This shows that being in the desert brings back distant memories to the speaker, adding to the deeper meaning that the relationship between the desert & speaker is more personal then expected. The second example is in section  4 "Make the sign of the cross, open your eyes to one town, two cities, five centuries of praying in the beautiful dust shows that the desert brought out the faith the speaker has "sign of the cross" . In conclusion In "One el Paso Two El Paso" Ray Gonzales uses Imagery to convey the weird twisted relationship the speaker and the desert have.

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In One el Paso , Ray Gonzales uses imagery to revel that the desert  positive and negative

things and it demonstrates the relationship he has whit the desert but the desert is now for its terrify experiences ."The violent border" this show how difficult  dreams are and

In order for you to accomplish theme you have to go thru some difficult  Obstacles to get to your goal and what you den working hard for. "immigrant shadows " this shows how they have to de shadows in the desert in order for theme not to get cot by the border patrol and get send back to Mexico .  " Open your eyes to one town tow cities" this shows how working Hard and putting effort you get what you want and disserved. "Beautiful bust" the bust is even a merical for theme and they see it as the most beautiful thing in the world. In conclusion Ray Gonzales  uses imagery to show us how difficult is to accomplish a dream and to never give up in what you want.

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In “one El Paso ,Two El Paso” Ray Gonzales uses imagery and personification to convey how fearful the speaker is from the desert yet it’s the only path that will lead him to where he wants to be . The speaker is in the desert wondering around and seeing stuff that he takes as non realistic things “must be  roar of illegal death” The speaker was making a justification that everyone that passes by the desert is confronted by death and even though he had hope to escape from it he kept going forward as if it was going to g et Jim .

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In the poem “One El Paso ,Two El Paso “ by Ray Gonzales uses a reverent tone and symbolism to reveal that the speaker and the desert have some differences between each other .  The main goal for the speaker is to overcome the fear and obstacles that the desert is making it go through . The speaker illustrates desert as a dark place , “ The boundary line between the living and the dead was erased years ago “ this emphasizes how the victims of the desert are the immigrants and also it shows how during the walk in the desert they have been found their biggest fear that is “death “ and by that the victims are being forgotten by their love ones not because they are dead is because they don’t know anything about them . The desert is constantly being describe as a place where you go and find your destiny or you give up and find a way to die , “ Black water flowing to bless her in her sleep ,must be the roar of illegal death “. This shows how the speaker is now fearing for his life and doesn’t know what to do in order for him to survive . Overall the speaker has one option and just keep thinking positive and make sure he survives his obstacles that the desert is making him go through .

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses repetition and the use of pronouns to portrait the interaction in which the desert guides the speaker through his thoughts and the speaker meditates through the journey.

In the beginning, the speaker is awaken by a call that seems to be the mountains but later he starts to daydream and thinking "must be time to get up" The speaker is stuck in his dreams that repeats over and over so the desert starts to guide him with different events. There was no border, yet there was a limit felt by the speaker a limit that he did not seem to pass. It was all a dream to him. However, "Wake up, I thought" the speaker was in the desert where he kept getting lost in his own thoughts "I thought…I feared…I assumed" The speaker was alone, scared he was going to die in the desert and not because of the desert just like the people that were there before, he didn’t want to be one of the as he called  "shadows".

Although the speaker seems to be lost, the desert is leading him to the reality of his destiny to which the speaker is unaware of.

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In the poem "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses imagery to reveal that the speaker and the desert are enemies and the speaker lives in fear to confront the desert however, the speaker has a choice whether to stay where he is or confront his fears to get what he wants. The fear coming from ray is him overthinking about the desert because in line 5 and 6 he says "awake in the sand, i feared, old shoes decorated with razor wire" to demonstrate that he is imaginig himself in the hot desert feeling helpless . And Ray has a choice whether and he is deciding what to do because in line 7 he says "must be time to get up, i assumed." demonstrating that ray ants to get up and start his journey but he is uncertain blaming all the things he has thought about.

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In One el Paso, Two el Paso by Ray Gonzalez he uses metaphors and imagery too convey a complicated interaction between the speaker and the dessert, and the speaker has to tolerate it continuously. At the start of the day  the speaker first thought is " The violent border, I assumed, though the boundary line between the living and the dead was erased years ago". The speaker thinks of this since every day is a challenge for him between living or dying, this is all because of the dessert since it's his only companion in this harsh journey and their relationship isn't the best, it's more like complicated since the dessert makes his life more and more harder every day. The speaker also along his day sees harsh things for example "Maria Salinas' body dragged out, her mud costume pasted with plastic bottles and crushed  beer cans" the dessert isn't friendly and he knows that, the dessert is the cause of thousands of deaths and he is scared he will end up like one of those he is terrified for his life since crossing the dessert isn't an easy task. The speakers last thoughts are very crucial knowing that this journey isn't nowhere to be done and knows that the dessert makes this journey more complicated, his only thoughts are to keep surviving and not giving up.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso," Ray Gonzales uses a series of imagery and diction to reveal the speaker's fear of the violence that unravels in the desert, however it is the only path leading them towards "freedom". The desert is just another victim of human's cruelty. America's selfishness and superiority complex made them blind. Disregarding everyone struggling on the other side of the wall. Although only a river splits the border apart, both sides are complete opposites. One chaotic and one peaceful. As the speaker walks on the dusty, hot desert they passed through “El Paso, the town surrounded with barbed wire.” It was more like a jail than a town. The speaker is followed by paranoia their whole way through the journey . It is shocking to see how this part of the desert slowly became a permanent battlefield. The border segregated humans despite if they had good or bad intentions of crossing. The speaker wished to wake up from this living nightmare. Faith was the only thing restoring his sanity through this living hell. Constantly "praying in the beautiful dust," although the speaker dreaded the dark and gloomy side of the desert they still appreciated the beauty of God's creation. The desert was not guilty for tormenting the people crossing. It was the border, a man made boundary created solely to isolate others. In conclusion nature should not be held accountable for the pain and death that it has caused, because it all could've been avoided if it wasn’t for these ignorant law enforcements. Laws that prevent ambitious immigrants from granting a better life. As humans we created these problems due to our lack of understanding and compassion towards immigrants. Immigrants shouldn’t be seen as the enemy and kept locked away. The border has created nothing but pain and horror amongst everyone.  So who really is to blame here. Who is the villain America or the desert?

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Many people claim that the desert is a place where you must go to die, because of how hot it is. Many people die due to trying to cross the border to get a better opportunity at life.   First of all, the author Ray Gonzalez uses imagery to reveal that Ray has a strong negative feeling towards there border and the desert, "A heaven if light in the peak" this could mean Ray wants light to be shine on the dead bodies they have found. He describes it so sad but then follows up with a peaceful saying. "Black water flowing to bless her in her sleep" this could mean Ray wants these bodies left at piece and not feel bad.   Secondly, Ray also says "her mud costume pasted with plastic bottles and crushed beer cans" seeing this in the river would be horrifying and not good to look at, but if it wasn’t for the border a lot of people wouldn't have been dead. The border and the desert both take part in being the reason why a lot of people die, Ray Gonzalez shows affections for all the dead bodies and feels for the. He shows how he wants them to rest in peace.

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In the poem "One El Paso, Two El Paso", Ray Gonzalez uses symbolism and imagery to show us the harsh and dangerous interactions that the speaker had to pass through in the desert. However it gives us information on the desert and why everything is dangerous there. In the poem it says "Awake in the sand, I feared, old shoes decorated with razor wire, a heaven of light on the peaks". "Awake in the arroyo of a mushroom cloud, i choke, 1945 explosion in the sand, eternal radioactive sand". Those two lines of the poem are showing symbolism because the poet is telling us what had happened in the sand and all the dangerous things that went down in there like the "explosion" and the "radioactive sand" . All of that symbolizes and explains why the desert is so dangerous for the speaker. It also symbolizes how the speaker feared and was scared of passing through the desert. Ray Gonzalez also uses imagery by saying "Awake to follow immigration shadows vanishing inside Americans walls, river drownings counted as they cross", "Maria Salina's body dragged out, her mud costume pasted with plastic bottles and crushed beer cans". That shows imagery because is making us paint a picture of how the body was being dragged out and it gives us the details on how it was . It also makes us see the fear when the speaker says "immigration shadows vanishing inside American walls". That shows us how the speaker is afraid of getting caught or dying in the desert with the other bodies that have been there. Overall, the speaker can't go back now even if he wanted too is too late. Now he has to learn how to fight his fear and survive in the desert, if not he won't make it out alive.

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In “One El Paso, Two El Paso” Ray Gonzales uses great diction and vivid imagery to reveal that the speaker acknowledges and respects the dangers that the desert possesses, while still being afraid of becoming a victim of its many dangers. To begin with, throughout the poem the speaker talks in a very respectful matter towards the desert whenever he is describing it: "a heaven of light on the peaks", "five centuries of praying in the beautiful dust". These two sentences that the speaker utilizes to paint a clear image to the reader of the desert shows us how: the speaker has respect for the beauty, and the dangers that the desert has. Although the speaker has a deep understanding of the desert he is still very scared of ending  up like everyone else that has dared to cross it. In the last stanza the speaker says, "Make the sign of the cross, open your eyes to one town, two cities, five centuries of praying in the beautiful dust." The act of praying by making the sign of the cross shows us how he is very concerned about waking up to travel trough the desert and not being able to live to see the next morning. All in all, Gonzales uses powerful diction and clear imagery to unveil the speakers awareness of the hazards that the desert obtains, but even though he respects the desert he is afraid of falling victim of the many hazards that it offers.

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In the poem "One El Paso, Two el Paso" , the author Ray Gonzalez uses imagery to reveal that the desert is making the speaker hallucinate  but is also making him think about death and life.  In the first sentence of "One el Paso, Two el Paso", Ray Gonzalez writes, "Awake in the desert to the sound of calling". This lead me to believe that if he woke up in the desert then he must have been there for a while and the heat and thirst must have exhausted his mind, making him hallucinate voices in the wind. He also brings up living and dead in line 3-4 saying, "Though the boundary line between the living and the dead was erased years ago". I think he wrote this to convey to us that in the desert you will never know if you will come out dead or alive. He used imagery to make us imagine his interaction with the desert.

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In the poem "One El Paso, Two El Paso", Ray Gonzalez uses personification and symbolism to reveal that the desert is both harmful to the speaker, yet it allows the speaker get to their dream land. When the speaker is first waking up they describe the desert as "The violent border". The way the speaker describes the desert reveals the harshness off the early morning. Early mornings are supposed to be peaceful, but in the desert early mornings are dangerous. On the other hand, the desert is a pathway leading the speaker to their destination. In the poem it says "Awake to follow immigration shadows" this symbolizes the souls that the desert tried to make a path for. The speaker is using both the desert and the soul's of people as a guide. The desert opens a way for immigrants to follow their dreams, but it doesn’t make it easy for them. Its puts them through a physical and mental battle.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" uses symbol and methapor to reveal that that the speaker and the desert have a diverse relationship, however it can jump bad or to good. For example, on the desert theirs " a heaven of light on the peaks" which can symbolize the end of the trip and or relief which might be the United states of America. After, then it talks about war being a very big contrast with the other side if the mountain, but then it says "War mutating" mutation can be a good thing or bad it can change the reasoning of the war or it can change how war can be executed. In conclusion, the relationship can change over time those changes can be good or bad, but only the past can predict the future.

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In "One EL Paso ,Two El Paso" Ray Gonzales uses imagery and repetition to reveal the connection between the desert and the speaker and how it will help the speaker accomplish its journey."Awake in the arroyo of a mushroom , I choke 1945 explosion in the sand ,eternal radioactive wind". And when Ray Gonzales says"Awake in the sand , I feared ,old shoes decorated with razor wire, a heaven of light on tbe park". These two quotes both show tbe repition in the beginning of each stanza but it also shows imagery when it says "I feared , old shoes decorated with razor" because it's comparing the old shkes to harmful razors.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" he tells us about how immigrants suffer on their journey to reach the United States, and describes the sufferings and thoughts that can go through the minds of migrants when they are in the desert, about as some do not reach their goal of crossing it and die trying. The author uses some images to show that some people manage to survive these obstacles to achieve their goal and makes some comparisons of what it was like to live in Mexico and that they risked a lot to try to change their life without imagining what they would suffer to try to achieve their meta, In conclusion, talks about how they try to achieve their dreams of reaching the United States but many die trying.

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In "One el Paso, two el Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses imagery and metaphors to reveal that the speaker and the dessert have a toxic relationship, yet the speaker has to continue tolerating that dessert.  When the speaker wakes up, his first sight in the morning is "immigration shadows vanishing inside American walls, river drownings counted as they cross". The immigrants who try to come over to America don’t always make it, and once they die their death is just a number to count . Seeing the harsh ways people die in the dessert leaves the speaker scared, but he cannot give up on his journey. In his morning the speaker also sees "Maria Salinas' body dragged out, her mud costume pasted with plastic bottles and crushed beer cans". The speakers destiny depends on the dessert because if he doesn’t survive the conditions , he will just be another number to the list of dead bodies. As the dead body is dragged with trash, the speaker can see that he has no option than to keep on going along with the dessert. Overall, the speaker is too far now to go back, and his only option is to keep tolerating the dessert or else he wont be alive for long.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Ray Gonzales uses repetition and imagery to reveal that the speaker and the desert need each other to get to their goal however it is also an obstacle. In the beginning of the story she is awaken "Awake in the desert to the sounding of calling" the way the desert is being seen for her can be quite complicated but when she says that we imagine that she is in the desert and waking up to continue her pathway. The author uses this repetition of "awake" to represent that the desert is the only way that she is able to cross and make her life better no matter of the hardships she goes through the end of the desert will lead her to success. But receiving this help from the desert doesn’t come as easy as it may seem. While crossing this desert not many graceful things occurred more like painful "1945 explosion in the sand" a war going, "illegal death" many deaths happening while on this journey. So the only way they could get out is filled with nightmares. All of this connects that the speaker and desert are reverent to each other the speaker needs and respects the desert, yet is somehow scared of it .Some could compare this to the desert is like wealth, it could help you achieve many things and become successful , but it can become very dangerous quickly when you start feeling superior. This teaches us that sometimes to achieve something better we have to go through the absolute worse but we cant give up and we have to keep pushing through that fear.

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In the poem One El Paso, Two El Paso Ray Gonzalez uses a reverent tone and clever symbolism in order to show how the desert and speaker have had hostile interaction in the past where the speaker was at the mercy of the desert.At the mercy of being just another dead boy in the desert.While admiring the border the speaker describes it as the "boundry line between the living and the dead"This gives the impression that the speaker has had his fair share of experience with the desert. Signaling the desert as the land of death and America as the land of the living. Something only someone who has walked through the desert's rays would be able to truly understand.The speaker also has a reverent tone every time he looks and describes the victims of the desert,"black water flowing to bless her in her sleep". He's not pitying them nor looking down at them. He's sympathizing with them because he's been through the desert before. It wasn't a pleasant experience nor a very safe one.It was the complete opposite.An interaction he can still remember quite well which was ,"pasted with plastic bottles and crush beer cans"

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" , Ray Gonzalez uses personification and imagery to reveal the interactions between the speaker and the desert. In the second stanza, Gonzalez writes "The violent border, I assumed, though the boundary line between the living and the dead was erased years ago". The speaker gives the border the quality of violent. Giving the reader the sense that the border and the desert is not a happy place, just imagine the journey. He also talks about how there is nothing separating the living and the dead. They are both seen the same. In the twelfth and thirteenth stanza, it says "El Paso, the town surrounded with barbed wire, the new century kissing car bombs, drug cartels, massacres across the river, hundreds shot in ambushes and neighborhood soccer games that always score". Gonzalez describes how the circumstances in El Paso were not that great. How the violence followed from the desert. In conclusion, "One El Paso, Two El Paso" is very deep and very carefully shows the interactions between the speaker and the desert.

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In One El Paso, Two El Paso, Ray Gonzales uses metaphors and imagery to illustrate a love & hate relationship between the poet and the desert , despite all the dangers that this land must  brings. When you are strolling through El Paso you will notice  "the new century kissing car bombs, drug cartels, massacres, and ambushes", but once you get pass the 🤬 views and open your eyes you will spot a "neighborhood soccer game that always scores". Ray structured his sentence this way to cloud our view about this community by listing all the tertius things about it first, but then he brings light to the Secom stance by telling us that the soccer game always scores. He dose this to show that he loves his community even though its like a war field in world war 2. As he sees light over the peek he assumes it  "must be time to get up" seeing the border patrol cars outside "I had to choose".  Despite ray waking up to an almost perfect view he is faced with a choice that might lead him to ending up like most of the immigrants in this town, so this highlights the complicated feeling he has about this desert. There are a whole lot of deaths in El Paso and it is catching up to Ray but despite his battle with death he still loves this desert with all his heart.

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In the poem " One El Paso , Two El Paso " written by Ray Gonzalez , the poet uses metaphor to reveal that the speaker saw things at the desert such as " Black water flowing to bless her in her sleep." Although there is no such thing as black water . So the author emphasizes that he saw 'black water' but it was the effect of the desert because it was so hot and overwhelming. The poet also uses another metaphor describing the harsh climates of the desert such as " Maria Salinas ' body dragged out , her mud costume pasted with plastic bottles and crushed beer cans ." The poet reveals that in the harsh climates of the desert , you can die and ' Maria ' had plastic bottles and beer cans for hydration and not even that could save her. It also explains on her filled with mud , this happened because the poet wanted to reveal to the speaker that she most likely poured water over head before she collapsed to the ground. The sand and water mixed together creates mud , so she passed away trying to survive.

First of all , the poet reveals a metaphor to the reader. He then relies on the reader to infer. In the poem the poet says " Black water flowing to bless her in her sleep ." The poet wants the reader to infer or to ask him/herself ' is their black water?' The answer is no , so the poet uses that metaphor to emphasize that the character was seeing things because there is no such thing such as black water. This shows that the desert is a pit of hallucination.

Second of all , the poet uses yet another metaphor to elaborate on the harsh climates of the desert. He says " Maria Salinas ' body dragged out , her mud costume pasted with plastic bottles and crushed beer cans." The poet reveals to the reader that 'Maria' had pasted water bottles on her , which makes the reader infer that she was carrying water and yet still passed away . The poet also emphasizes that sand from the desert and her water creates mud , which the reader can again foreshadow that she poured water over head due to the harsh climates of the desert, which created her ' mud costume '

In conclusion , the poet uses 2 metaphors to emphasize the harsh weather on the desert and really makes the reader think and infer.

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In One El Paso, Two El Paso Ray Gonzalez uses personification and tone to reveal that the speaker and the desert are familiarized , however there is a mournful emphasis towards the desert. "Awake in the desert to the sound of calling; must be the mountain, I thought." This is illustrating that he has known the desert for a long time that he is able to "hear" the mountains: When you know a person very well then by looking at their face they are able to tell how they feel. "five centuries of praying in the beautiful dust." Ray uses this line to interpret his negative feelings towards the desert because most of his bad memories come from a war that happened in the desert. He uses personification and melancholic tone to show that the desert may be a place you know very well but there can be things that has caused you grieve. Many immigrants have been through the desert trying to pass the border they have gotten a chance to know the desert but for most of them it didn't leave good memories.

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In The poem “One El Paso,Two El Paso, Ray Gonzalez uses Setting to describe the desert. In the poem Ray Gonzalez uses alliteration to  show the conflict he is going through”Awake in the sand,I feared,old shoes decorated with a razor wire.A heaven light of the peaks.In conclusion,Ray Gonzalez is on a desert and takes a huge leap of just being on a desert going Into a war.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses imagery to express the way the speaker feels about the desert that used to be beautiful but now the desert has become like a murder that made the speaker sad because of all that has happened. Throughout the poem Gonzalez speaks that he fears being on the dessert because of all that has happened with the dessert having too many people dying that made the Gonzalez really upset. Gonzalez was in the dessert since the beginning of being beautiful that now makes him not know why this happened to the dessert. When Gonzalez said "Must be time to get up" he means by having to decide if he's going to be still be with the dessert or have to leave he also said "Must be the roar of illegal death" that the dessert is really like a murder because of how many people have died in the dessert. The dessert has had a war that maybe the dessert doesn't like people to be there and Gonzalez just wants the dessert to be peaceful and to not make people not die.

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In 'One El Paso, Two El Paso" by Ray Gonzalez uses imagery to describe how he doesn't want to lice there because he says is like the hot like lava

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso"by Ray Gonzalez uses imagery to compare the Desert to a place where people do not want to live in because of the Hot Lava sun. The border is like life and death because one side of the border it is like a oven and no one likes to live there,  and the other side is more of living  because it not as an  oven as the other side. Living in the Desert is like more chance of death due to the fact there there is no way of hydration, and horrible things of have happened in the desert.

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In one El Paso two El Paso, Ray Gonzalez uses imagery to reveal the speaker in the desert love hate relationship despite the desert being a harsh please. With the others is describe we can go up in this desert mornings He describes dust is “beautiful”. This shows that the speaker in admires the desert and loves how the desert looks. With the speaker the desert is pleasing To him visually. He has the upmost respect and an immense amount of love for the desert. To him the desert is like a A garden it is beautiful it has a special place in his heart. In the beginning of section 3 the speaker states awake to “the arroyo of mushroom  cloud.”  Well when most people think of a mushroom cloud they think of nuclear bombs or war. So this is obviously a negative connotation already. But more or less can represent the war that most immigrants are fleeing. But most people don’t make it out of the desert alive. In one El Paso to El Paso Ray Gonzalez uses imagery to portray the speaker and the deserts complicated relationship although the desert is a tough place.

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|  In "One El Paso , Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses simile and metaphor to reveal that the speaker admires the desert, However the desert does cause the speaker to face some challenges. The speaker talks about how he walks with "immigration shadows" as passes through the desert in hopes of getting to the destination soon. He had a soft spot for the desert , he describes his experience as "five centuries of praying in the beautiful dust" He wasn't angry at nature but more so as the border. It wasn't always sunshine and rainbows all the time. A wise person once said "good things don’t come easy". With that he faced a lot of challenges while being in the desert, world war II had the greatest impact "I choke, 1945 explosion". That time period was very harsh . Everything was so hectic "hundreds shot" something that truly left an impact on people. "Her mud costume" The beauty and charms of the desert remain however, the traumatic experiences live on the speakers mind.

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in the poem "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses imagery and metaphor to reveal the speaker point of view  sees the wilderness of this desert. Due to Gonzales choice of words "Awake in the sand, I feared, old shoes decorated with

razor wire, a heaven of light on the peaks" We can convey that he 's all alone in the desert already to give up , until he sees abeam of life of hope.

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In the poem "One El Paso, Two El Paso" by Ry Gonzalez , the author uses imagery and metaphor to show the interaction between the speaker and the desert. However, the speaker is been affected by de desert sense it have very harsh conditions for people to even be there. But it’s the goal of the speaker to get a better life even by passing the most dangers most harsh place on earth. Like the speaker says  "The violent  border , though the boundary line between the living and the dead." As if the reader is referring yo the border as if dead is note that far from them with it between them. But is note much of a suparis considering that they say that according to them  immigrants or walkers are the weakest from the rest. Sens in America they hade the power to make the wall and stop the immigrants from passing it  and there dreams.  The poets connection between the desert and the people is like a lollipop really hard to get to the gum. Hard from the outside but nice and josei inside.  But at the end we are all just a bag of bones that is just traying to maintain there purpose.

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In the poem "One El Paso, Two El Paso" by Ray Gonzalez, the author uses metaphors and imagery to convey the interaction between the speaker and the desert is bittersweet.

Throughout the poem, the author would describe a horrible situation but follow it by a peaceful description of the desert. On line 13 it says "black water flowing to bless her in her sleep". He is implying that the desert brings great destruction, but also freedom and heaven as the metaphor says on lines 6 " a heaven of light on the peaks".

The writer talks about a lot of deaths and other scary things happening but always kind of shrugs it off as it implies on lines 13-14 "black water flowing to bless her in her sleep. Must be the roar of illegal death, I decided". He shows us that going through the journey to heaven can be hard and sometimes messed up as it explains in lines 17-18 "1945 explosion in the sand, eternal radioactive wind".

The writer's interaction between the desert is like a sour path candy: really sour but gets sweet as you keep eating it. The author shows a lot of horrible situation, but then explain that the desert holds heaven, blessed water, and a path to light. When you are desperate and is in need of something to believe in, many would go to God for it. If  hell on earth is the desert, then escaping the desert must lead to the gates of heaven. We are all a bunch of lost and tortured souls trying to find salvation.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses hyperbole and imagery to demonstrate his view of admiration towards the desert, but underneath that admiration is just fear itself looking for salvation. Throughout the paragraph Gonzalez speaks about his obsession of the desert's beauty. One of the many ways he conveys that is by expressing how the desert has contained many prayers for the last "five centuries" in it's, "beautiful dust. Through this expression he reveals his astonishment of the desert's elegance. Even though he truly admires the desert, he dares not to double-cross it due to him already knowing the desert's own potential. Many stories and articles, such as the story of Maria Salinas, a news broadcaster and journalist. She was found in the middle of the desert, with her "body dragged out", in a "mud costume, pasted with plastic bottles and crushed beer cans." This warned Gonzalez about the merciless cruelty of the desert, and gives him a reminder not to get too comfortable with its swan-like elegance. Overall, Ray Gonzales shows respect towards the desert through both hyperboles and imagery, but uses it as well to remind himself and the reader to not let it's appearance fool you, since it's kindness and beauty is it's siren call to lure you into the abyss.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses personification and detail to reveal the desolate but hopeful life one lives in the desert. There is constant death but with it comes the simplicity of soccer games that always score. The speaker describes the border as "violent" implying that the border is a direct cause of the continuous deaths we see mentioned throughout the poem. The speaker uses a metaphor illustrating that the "line between the living and the dead was erased years ago" supporting the idea that death in the desert have become such a routinely thing that it has become a part of life. However, further throughout the poem the speaker reveals there is more to life in the desert than desolation and misery. The speaker depicts the "town surrounded with barbed wire" as deadly and dangerous with massacres, shootings and drug cartels but ends the stanza with "and soccer games that always score" as a strict contrast to the  anguish portrayed throughout the poem. The mention of a soccer games brings the tone of hopefulness for life in the desert, this idea is further supported when the speaker mentions "five centuries of praying in the beautiful dust". In conclusion, Ray Gonzalez carefully uses personification and detail in order to contrast the hopefulness for life in the desert and the constant misery it's habitants have to experience.

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In “One El Paso, Two El Paso” Ray Goznalez uses imagery and diction to reveal that the speaker and the desert have a complex relationship because it seems that they do not like the border. For example in one of the

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso", Ray Gonzales uses personification and imagery to reveal that the speaker and the desert have a dissonant relationship due to how the desert has harsh living conditions that are hard to bare and is almost always not even possible to overcome, however it is one of the speaker's hope into reaching dreams of a better life. The speaker, who has a deep understanding on how the desert gives people no chance in crossing it states how, "The violent border, I assumed, though the boundary line between the living and the dead was erased years ago". The speaker describes the border as "violent' due to how many lives are taken even though people try despite the bare surroundings and no resources to help, showing how death is not far away to those who are still alive and try attempting to cross it. Also, the speaker uses detailed descriptions to draw an image on the reader's head, showing how this desert is not as it seems. It is mentioned how "Awake to follow immigration shadows vanishing inside. American walls, river drownings counted as they cross, Maria Salinas' body dragged out, her mud costume pasted with plastic bottles and crushed beer cans". The speaker mentions the struggle these immigrants have to surpass because what was provided for them isn't enough to survive, forcing them to enter into yet another obstacle that they need to overcome, where a lot of them fall prey to dreams of a better life, making them vulnerable and victims to the desert. Ultimately, Gonzales uses these literary devices to convey how the speaker and the desert need each other in a way, but sometimes the desert is too cruel, crushing what is left of hopes of a better survival.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso", Ray Gonzales uses detail and symbolism to reveal that the speaker and the desert have a strong connection. However, the speaker is outraged by the different events the desert has hidden, which she has become accustomed to seeing . Due to Gonzales choice of words; "Must be time to get up, I assumed. Parked outside, Border Patrol vehicles, I had to choose" we can make an inference that the speaker is a Border Patrol agent. Working there daily has made her realize different things, specially how the desert hides the deaths of immigrants. When Gonzales implies that the "old shoes decorated with razor wire, a heaven of light on the peaks", we can figure out the shoes having a meaning of death. The "razor wire" on the shoes can symbolize the pain these immigrants had to go through and still didn't make it to their ending point. When Gonzales includes "river drownings as they cross" he gives us a better understanding of all the bodies that have been hidden and failed to make it alive due to the challenges the desert has made them face.  He exposes the negative connection the speaker and the desert have, and at the same time he brings back stories from the past that demonstrate that it's been happening for years, which states why the speaker feels outraged of the situation. In conclusion, Gonzales utilizes literary devices to expose the deserts' failure to speak up for the people who died on their pursuit for happiness.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez utilizes diction and repetition to reveal the damage the desert has caused on the immigrants as they look for a better life, but also the deep history behind the desert and how it's something no one must ever forget. Gonzalez describes how the "boundary between the living and the dead was erased years ago" No matter in death or life, all the immigrants are the same. They all strived for the same purpose, they all breathed, lived, and died as one. They were all once "immigration shadows" surrounded by the grandness of American walls. And they all died an "illegal death" all whilst in search for a life that would treat them better. Throughout the poem the word "Awake" is repeated. The narrator tells himself that he is awake. Awake to all the horrible things occurring in the desert, yet also awake to the history of the desert and its effect on the people in his community. "One town, two cities, five centuries" is the closing line of the poem. The poet describes the desert as a horrible thing, however chooses to finalize the desert as "beautiful" Although death can be a horrible thing, the life before death is even more beautiful. In conclusion, with the use of diction and repetition Gonzalez showcases the contrast of the desert as it both kills and unites people.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso," Ray Gonzalez uses imagery and diction to reveal that the speaker and the desert have a conflicting relationship, however, the speaker emphasizes a reverent tone towards the desert, and to people that decide to take the risk to cross over the border. When the speaker decided to cross the border, he includes that he was "Awake to follow immigration shadows vanishing inside American walls, river drownings counted as they cross." These two stanzas portray a sense of imagery to show what the speaker noticed on his way to cross the border. The reader can infer that the immigration shadows are people who crossed over in the past, so when the speaker followed them, he sensed many souls getting left behind in the river. The speaker then uses diction to fade into a period in time when there was war; he includes how "the end of the war mutated the border into another that also requires fatal skills of young men." The praise he made towards men in war, was also directed towards people trying to cross the border. It is hard to travel through the desert since it can be very deadly, but he includes that because of men's skills, they can go through anything. The deep respect and observation the speaker makes throughout this poem, reveals that although the relationship between immigrants and the desert is menacing, the courage people have to take a risk in their lives is very important; this makes the speaker's tone reverent towards the immigrants' perseverance to cross over the dangerous but beautiful desert.

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In One El Paso, Two El Paso to reveal the speaker and the desert don’t like the border, ray Gonzalez is describing the border as "massacres across the river, hundreds shot in ambushes" However, hes planning to getting across and seeing "one town, two cities, five centuries of praying in the beautiful dust". The author uses metaphor and personification. Awake in the desert to the sound of calling. Must be the mountain," he felt like everything was calling him and he needed to get there. in addition this all shows how being in the desert didn't make a perfect match after everything they've seen happen

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso",  Ray Gonzalez uses metaphors and imagery in order to reveal that the speaker and the desert did not make a great pair.  In the beginning of the poem, it is clear that the speaker still has  a long way to go in order to cross the border. It is time to get up and " Awake to follow immigration shadows vanishing inside American walls, river drownings counted as they crossed." By the choice of words in this sentence, the speaker has seen many deaths while on their journey and there was absolutely nothing they could do about it but count them and keep going. As the poem continues, the speaker describes how they found "Maria Salinas' body dragged out, her mud costume pasted with plastic bottles and crushed beer cans". The body was found with trash and it implies that she most likely suffered while in the water trying to survive. She had to be left behind, everyone saves themselves. In conclusion, Ray Gonzales utilizes these literary devices in order to convey the interaction between the speaker and the desert. As described in the poem, it is a very difficult journey which sadly, many people have to go through just to get to the United Sates.

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The Poem Talks about how all of us immigrants suffer  of making it to the united states and how they describe the walls in imagery as "fatal" because it’s a fatal road to make it to the united states and how it takes major risks to make it there to make it to another country and that its majorly a rough time. In One El Paso, Two El Paso they use imagery to talk about how people can survive the border but they have to sacrifice to make it to the united states by saying  "Must be the roar of illegal death, I decided," this quote describes how people can actually die from the mistakes they made  and that they actually made a mistake  to make it to the united states to risk their life. In one El Paso, Two El Paso talks about how people have a rough time and the author uses imagery to talk about  how it was to  live in Mexico and that the road was very rough and living there was dangerous by saying "massacres across the river, hundreds shot in ambushes

and neighborhood soccer games that always score" This quote describes about how Mexico is a dangerous place but at the same time a good place to be with your original Hispanic Family. In conclusion Ray Gonzales Talks about how the person risked his or her life to make it to the united states  and has a flash back that he is in heaven now happily and that he tried to make it to the united states.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Gonzalez uses imagery and symbols to reveal that the speaker and the desert hold a rather intricate relationship to describe the dark and shifting matter that lies within the desert. Gonzalez illustrates the deaths of distant immigrants surrounding the desert with the "roar of illegal death" This describes that the souls of the immigrants still remain intact as if they're letting out wounded cries for others to hear. A light was shown on razor wired shoe from passed immigrants "heaven of light on the peaks" This holds meaning because that light is a shining salvation from the darkness that occurred and that light hold spiritual energy from passed immigrants. The river where many immigrants have passed before had "black water flowing" This has significance because the water contains a hidden, mysterious aura behind it. Although, the water was a pit of darkness, its meaning can contrast that. In conclusion, the murk lying in the desert grasps the twisted occurrences that took place.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso", the author uses symbolism to reveal that the speaker has a large amount of respect for the desert because they fear it, describing it as beautiful yet lethal. While describing their current situation, the narrator says that they were conscious in the sand and that "[they] feared" it, also claiming that they assumed that the "boundary line between the living and the dead was erased years ago", so it would've been old news for them, but the fear still resides inside them. Later on, they describe the desert as a scenery full of "beautiful dust". This piece of evidence allows the reader to be knowledgeable of the narrators admiration of the desert.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Gonzalez uses symbolism and imagery to reveal the speaker and the desert are brought together by the desert's beauty but torn apart by the ugliness of the desert. As the poet narrates about the scenery of the subtle yet vicious desert he says this "eternal radioactive wind" this Imagery depicts the desert as the beautiful heavenly place which makes the poem even more solemn considering how its described later on. The desert seems to provide challenges yet opportunities and seeing the beauty side of the desert makes more people including the speaker chase the desert. Now for the tearing apart of these two the poet says "the violent boarder" this here reveals how the terrifying and the lethalness of the desert makes everyone that comes encounter with it to turn around and run away. Now the poet shows us what will ultimately tear apart these two from each other. The desert is like a crack of ice the more you walk in it the more in danger you become if you stop your saved but if you keep on walking you will ultimately die.

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In “One El Paso, Two El Paso”, Ray Gonzalez uses symbolism and imagery to reveal how the desert is such a beauty but has another side that brings pain to many. After having made the decision of walking passed the border, the trip through sand made time go by and soon enough the speaker saw “a heaven of light on the peaks”, assuming that there is a safe place among all of the “beautiful dust” surrounding the desert. However that assumption didn’t approve of the “eternal radioactive wind” that was consumed by the desert. The speaker made a decision that they feared; feared the death that could possibly come to them as well and having seen “old shoes decorated with razor wire” in the heaven at the peak, terrified the speaker. The desert at first just wants you to see the beauty and good but as you walk more into the desert, you’re drowned with the fear of death, the fear of the pain that radiates of the desert.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso", Ray Gonzalez uses juxtaposition and symbolism to reveal that the speaker and the desert  have a reverent relationship were the speaker admires the desert, however never forgets what the desert is capable of. The sense of reverence indicates both respect and fear. In the poem, walkers are crossing the desert in hopes of getting to their dreamland. The words "choke" and "roar of illegal death" clash with words such as "beautiful dust" and "eternal radioactive wind" that contradict one another. Both these sets of words display different emotions towards the same thing. The first set of words express a suffocating dominance of the desert as it maps the steps for the immigrants to follow. Whereas the second pair of words show awe and admiration towards the desert. The speaker has no choice but to follow in the guidelines step by step to the difficult dance the desert leads him on. Entangled by the ongoing tango between life and death, the desert displays two sides to his choreography.  One being heavenly while the other is tragedy. It was said that a "heaven of light on the peaks" became visible to the walkers eyes, indicating either salvation or death. When correlated with beliefs and religion, the "cross" can represent salvation , but when paired up with the desert, the meaning changes completely. Crossing a hellscape is nowhere near the heaven they pictured it to be. He has to be submissive in order to reach the end of the song in which he dances to. The connection that links the  desert to the speaker is how one needs the other to get to his heaven.  The speaker utilized these comparisons and gave meaning to these things to state how there are times in life that we need to do what is necessary to succeed without relying on shortcuts.

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In "one El Paso, Two El Paso", Gonzalez uses metaphor and tone to reveal that the speaker and the desert are with new experiences and progress, However it is also these experiences that brings death to the people. "Make the sign of the cross, open your eyes to one town, five cities." On a typical day in the desert the beautiful sceneries of different parts I the border with visionaries and leader to help you choose your way to salvation. Where even when the sun doesn't show the heat it makes can make one rethink things that had happen before.

"Awake to follow the immigration shadows vanishing inside American walls, river drowning as they cross."  The death of those who have gone through the desert that didn't make it to the end is really painful to watch but to a border patrol it is a better day or a new record for its like washing away your troubles. To those who risk their life for this superficial freedom, it should've been regret but to the desert it was probably a time to clean up to it home.

Thematically, the relationship between the speaker and the desert are as pure as light, yet the pain brought by that was a pain that has scarred many in return for reclamation.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso", Ray Gonzalez uses hyperbole and imagery to convey how the speaker sees the desert as a bewitching companion, however this companion can be very dangerous. When the speaker awakens, and the sun greets, "heaven of lights on the peaks" exaggerates how the sunlight rises as the day begins. The "lights" create an illusion of welcoming an old friend we see each day, while the word "heaven" can be associated with a blessing, or something we all want to meet. The "heaven of lights" on the desert creates the idea of the desert being some sort of enchanting thing that travels alongside the speaker on their journey. The desert is the one thing traveling with the speaker like a mischievous friend who seeks danger. However, the desert can be a very dangerous companion itself. As the speaker begins to describe their surroundings, we get a vivid image of "1945 explosion in the sand" in our heads, and we see the sand blowing up as if there was a bomb. These actions make the reader remember that the desert can also be a very problematic thing to be around with. The "1945 explosion" refers to a bombing that started the World War II, this means that the desert was a place where a lot of destruction happened that it was enough to get compared to an atomic bomb. Ultimately, Gonzalez uses a hyperbole and imagery to highlight how the desert can be a friend, yet could also backstab the speaker in the back. The desert was deceiving the speaker from the start, but the speaker had no choice but to follow. The desert was as beautiful as a winter storm, but just as deadly.

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In "one el paso, two el paso" Ray Gonzalez uses imagery and metaphors to reveal that although the speaker and the deserts interaction brings fear and pain, the speaker describes the desert as beautiful. When the poet describes Maria Salinas body being found and dragged out the river, the poet says that this is the "roar of illegal death". The word "roar" of death is used to visualize the enormous amount of deaths taking place in the desert. Even though the word "illegal" is used, the desert will kill anyone. Whether its legal or illegal death, the desert is a death layer. The desert doesn’t discriminate people and will kill anyone who dares to go through it. Any living thing is their target. This death layer will suffocate you and take the last bit of life inside your lungs. The desert has you by the throat and is choking you slowly. Ray Gonzalez knows the dangers of this desert, yet she prays in this "beautiful dust". This is where Ray Gonzalez contradicts herself and starts admiring the desert. She could truly admire the desert out of respect. Anything that has power is beautiful in its own way and can be admired. Just how the artic brings death to many, it’s a place full of fantasy with its white soft snow caressing your skin. Something extreme like the desert and artic is a fantasy because it’s a place where its characteristics are unique. The deserts weapons are unique which makes it more admirable. No one has the power to take away your body's water or make your skin so dry to the point it starts breaking, tearing and bleeding. People respect the ones they fear but that doesn’t mean others wont try to challenge the source of power. Some people hate to be followers so they will stand against their leader no matter how ugly or how beautiful they are.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Gonzales uses imagery and diction to describe the speakers reverence of the desert, however the desert also claims the lives that cross it. The speaker uses "of praying in the beautiful dust" to show the admiration and lovely image of the desert. When one prays to something or someone, they usually worship a god that will bring forth good. And in this case it was the worship of the divine looking desert. Praying can also be used to protect the ones that venture into it. The "eternal radioactive wind" is a result of humans testing atomic bombs in the desert landscape. This ended up with the "new century of kissing car bombs" in El Paso. Although these events occurred outside of the desert, the testing of atomic bombs inside of the desert was the start of a time or increased danger and death in El Paso. One could say it was retribution for harming the desert. Many of the people that cross the desert meet their eventual doom because of the harsh conditions. A "violent border" is one of the last sights they see, as they try to survive on the other side of the wall, if they make it. The desert is a bewitching beauty that pulls others into a cycle of pain and misery only to be left with more death and obstacles. In the end many will risk everything to have a better chance of survival, even if it means they will have to go through dangerous environments to do so.

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In “One El Paso, Two El Paso” Ray Gonzales uses symbolism and imagery to reveal the respects of the desert but is also afraid of the possibilities. The speaker narrates that the desert has “eternal radioactive wind” to reveal how stunning looks of the desert seems to look but is also deadly, the poet uses symbolism to indicate the significance of the desert’s Beauty. The speaker also mentions “roar of illegal death”, by saying that many illegal crossers have died it makes the speaker think that her time could be up anytime soon due to the dangers of the desert. The speaker is aware that the desert is a hazardous place but still proceeds to admire the beaty of it. These statements that were provided in the poem sends a message that there are when it comes to nature.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso",Ray uses hyperbole and imagery to convey that the speaker is reverent towards the desert however the fear out of what the desert can do makes Ray dread the horrors of the desert. Throughout the poem we can see Ray describe the actions and scenery the desert phases through. When Ray wakes up in the desert, he is "Awake…to the sound of calling," but when he looked nothing much was there. It was as if the desert had given him a chance to make it to the life he always wanted. Even if the desert can be brutal, it warns him off the dangers patrolling around. As Ray watches the oncoming signs of death, lost pairs of shoes and razor wire, the desert gives him a "heaven of light on the peaks." The sight in front of him with heaven poking out reminds him that the desert should not be underestimated. As if the desert needed to remind him that heaven will be his next stop if he isn't too careful. But the way that ray describes the lights as heaven shows how much he respects the desert even with the oncoming threats to his life. Even when he's faced with the death, Ray will continue to appreciate the desert it's "violent border." And at last, when Ray describes the history of the desert, "five centuries of praying on the beautiful dust," it's ironic how such a beautiful scene can be so cruel. People praying for death to wait just a bit more as they walk through the desert, clinging onto whatever hope they manage to maintain as they wither underneath the despair and sorrow. The dessert filled with bodies, "[roaring] with illegal deaths," and yet it's beautiful in the way that the desert makes you dizzy with longings of a better life. Nauseous with promises of making one a better person. The desert makes one come to terms with with themselves, revealing them their true nature before death.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso" Ray Gonzalez uses diction and imagery to highlight how the speaker respects the desert but is also afraid of its potential. In the poem, the speaker describes the desert having "eternal radioactive wind" to convey the recognition of how brilliant the desert appears to look. The use of these words used to describe the desert signify that the poet wanted to let the reader know something positive about the desert even though the negatives outweigh it. The speaker also reports things they have witnessed in the desert like "the end of one war mutating the border into another" describing how World War II negatively impacted the environment around the border wall and "river drownings" indicating that many crossers who arrive at the scorching desert never make it out alive. The speaker is aware and afraid of the dangers that lurk in the lustrous palace, but still admits that its beauty is overwhelming. These phrases transmit the message that when it comes to the forces of nature, there is more than meets the eye. Thematically, the relationship between the desert and the speaker represents how sometimes the most visually appealing things are those that people should be most mindful of.

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In "One El Paso, Two El Paso," Ray Gonzalez uses symbolism and imagery to reveal the beauty the speaker feels for the desert but also the destructive relationship between the desert's winds and the speaker. To begin, Gonzalez uses symbolism to represent the beauty of the desert. The desert in this poem is often referred to as old but "beautiful" through its "dust." Gonzalez uses this piece of symbolism to symbolize the fantastic relationship they share. However, he also adds a vivid tone when speaking about the desert to prove it's loneliness and the fact that for "five centuries of praying in the beautiful dust," it just needs some love. The desert is like the dryness of your eye when you try to cry. It's empty, but with some passion, it's essence can open up. The speaker also sees the desert in many ways, dangerous. The speaker does this by telling the desert in its eyes that it's an "eternal radioactive wind" as a reference to the atomic bombing of Japan in WWII. The speaker also adds imagery after blaming the desert for its crimes. The speaker proves the effects of the nuclear bombing to be the desert's fault by describing "El Paso" as "the town surrounded with barbed wire " and using the "massacres across the river" as a result of the desert's actions. The contrast between what each individual provides adds complexity to the speakers' and deserts' relationship. It conveys a sense of security but also a lack thereof.  This sense of security means that the desert can be an unharmful friend, but you can again fear the desert through its nuclear effects. Gonzalez used symbolism and imagery to explain the speaker's attraction and the toxic relationship between the desert's winds and the speaker.   Thematically, the connection between the desert and the speaker represents a loyal relationship through the good and bad to purposefully show how they can benefit and harm each other.