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"But she couldn't do that of course- that's what bums did, street people, vagos, mendigos." (231)

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Was América fascinated by these people? Were they her hope/dream goals?

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What does pinche puta mean and why was it painted there?

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"This isn't about coyote, don't kid yourself. Its about Mexicans, its about blacks. Its about exclusion, division, hate. You think jack gives a damn about coyotes?"(220)

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Why would Canido even think about stealing? I didn't ever see him as that type of person.

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"He looked round him at the budtlr in the lot of the Italian market, white faces, high heels, business suits, the greedy eyes and ravenous mouths. They lived in their glass palaces, with their gates and fences and security systems, they left half-eaten lobsters and beefsteaks on their plates when the rest of the world was starving, spent enough to feed and clothe a whole country on their exercise equipment, their swimming pools and tennis courts and jogging shoes, and all of them, even the poorest, had two cars"(200).

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"But whose constitution-mexico's? Did Mexico even have a constitution? But that was cynical too and he corrected himself"(185)

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Is Delaneys opinion about Mexicans changing badly??

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Why did américas pee burn? Did she get some type of disease?

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"Those vagos? It was the one with the hat, wasn't it? The half-a-gringo?"(176)

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I understand she's angry and concerned but why is she getting so involved? Its really none of her business.

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"The valet parking attendant was Mexican, of course-Hispanic, Latino, whatever-....." (147)

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If the chemicals were hurting her hands that bad why did she persist for so long???

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"It was like being haunted by devils, redhaired devils and rubios in eighty-dollar running shoes and sunglasses that cost more than a laboring man could make in a week"(121)

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Why are they having this conversation in the grocery store? Isn't that unprofessional?

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"You heard Jack Cherrystone speak to the issue, and nobody's credentials can touch Jack's as far as being liberal is concerned, but this society isn't what it was-and it won't be until we get control of the borders"(101)

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"He'd been damaged somehow, she could see that, damaged in the way of a man who has to scrape and grovel and kiss the hind end of some irrecusable Yankee boss, and his eyes showed it, jabbing out at the world like two weapons. He was Mexican, all right."(81)

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Why did Canido hit América?????

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Was Kyra having second thoughts about her life? why?

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"Who would be up here at this hour in a car like that?  He thought of the solemn fat man at the meeting and his litany of  oes,the bringer of bad tidings,   he Cassandra of Arroyo Blanco. Was it burglars, then? Muggers? Gangbangers? Is that what they were?"(64)

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"He kept picturing her in some rich man's house, down on her knees scrubbing one of those tiled kitchens with a refrigerator the size of a meat locker and one of those dark-faced ovens that boil water in sixty seconds, and the rich man watching her ass as it waved in the air and trembled with the hard push of her shoulders."

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Why is Delaney so frustrated at everything?

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"Kyra gave the stock response- "you're not like other kids, that's why...."

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How is Kyra going to handle the dog situation? whats her attitude going to be?

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I believe that every character has its own experiences and has formed a bias against race or gender (Examples)

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I believe that every character has its own experiences and has formed a bias against race or gender (Examples)

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I think hes saying he's Mexican Meaning that's the least he could give him, because the Mexican is an immigrant. He could get deported if authorities find out about him 

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I think hes saying he's Mexican Meaning that's the least he could give him, because the Mexican is an immigrant. He could get deported if authorities find out about him 

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Are all the characters in Tortilla Curtain bias??

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Are all the characters in Tortilla Curtain bias??

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Delaney, Kyra, America, Candido

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"and then, before the words could turn into ash in his mouth, it was out: "I told you-he was mexican"(15)

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"and then, before the words could turn into ash in his mouth, it was out: "I told you-he was mexican"(15)

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This confuses  me. I'm trying to imagine how he said this. Was he saying it like "he's mexican he doesn't care how much money he gets aslong as he gets some" or is he saying it like "he's mexican is poor" or is he saying it like he's lacking knowledge. What do you think he meant?