https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je Make four posts with an important quote, context and explanation of its importance. en-us 2020-10-04 23:55:49 UTC 2026-01-28 11:44:06 UTC hello@padlet.com beckbrays https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/801415652 "Don Moi Garcia drove around Veracruz in his big American car, smoking his American cigarettes..."Before this quote, Urrea describes the financial state of Veracruz and the citizen's desperation. This reveals that Don Moi symbolizes American wealth and abundance as the solution to their economic disparity, but the bravado of his character hints that it is more the selfishness of American culture. ]]> 2020-10-05 00:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/801415652 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804620165 "They seem to see lots of the other Mexicans as communists and thieves" Berfore this quote urrea were describing the border patrol and how they respect each other also the crime that they stop like Narcos and coyotes. This reveals that because border patrol are used to seeing crime on the border, That causes them to have a stereotype that all Mexican are thieves but they don't know that "the Mexican " are escaping from there owns thieves. ]]> 2020-10-05 19:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804620165 beckbrays https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804621910 please:)]]> 2020-10-05 19:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804621910 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804633531 Five men " Burned nearly black ", Urrea described the 5  mens as immigrants that are walking in the dessert in order for them to pass the border , because of desert climate "sun" their body is making them feel weak and in order to survived they have to do things they never imagine to do .]]> 2020-10-05 20:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804633531 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804651116 "There wasn't enough fluid left in them to bleed" Urrea showcases how the men are super dehydrated & cant find any source of water . They been walking for days & are dying of thirst . ]]> 2020-10-05 20:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804651116 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804658635 "And here is where Melchior Diaz died" Before this occurrence Urrea described Melchior, "smells swirling around him: horse, dirt, his own stink, chickens, smoke, dung."
which reveals how he works hard even if his dignity is in his way, but after all of his dislikes he died "He jumped over the fence, and in jumping, somehow he bobbled his lance throw and missed the dog entirely "  and people have no clue what he tried to do. And from there the place has been haunted by Melchior Diaz.]]> 2020-10-05 20:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804658635 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804672030 "He died trying to kill a dog" Soon Before this quote Melchior was trying to reach the Sea of Cortez, But to reach his destination he had to encounter one of the most dangerous terrains in the north. Which Proved too much for him 

]]> 2020-10-05 20:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804672030 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804684067 "visions of home fluttered through their minds . Soft green bushes , waterfalls , children ,music . Butterflies the size of your hand . leaves and beans of coffee plants burning through the morning mist as if lit from within ", Urrea illustrates that the desert is making them think about the past memories with their loved ones. ]]> 2020-10-05 20:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804684067 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804693207 "The sign has been posted by the Mexican government at Sasabe, Sonora." Before this quote Urrea is describing the main distrust of the governments of both sides is the hatred for human smugglers. This reveals how even their own Mexican government doesn't want them to cross because they know that coyotes don't care about the safety of the people.]]> 2020-10-05 20:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804693207 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804722159 The Misspelled sign said "USA Prohibido", "In bad Spanish: TO USE IS PROHIBITED" Spanish speakers didn't understand what the U.S.A tried to explain so they kept their mind in their trip to the United States, they were told story's of people coming back " Burned black and vomiting blood" which is their last warning of going home or walking thru the deadly heat.]]> 2020-10-05 20:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804722159 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804730197 " The cercas vans would hustle onto I-10and deliver their loads to phoenix where the illegals would squat in house guarded by gang-bangers until they could be shuffled off into wider America " After this quote Urrea shows how the Cercas family is controlling an operation at phoenix which means what they are doing is dangerous and is contraband .]]> 2020-10-05 20:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804730197 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804731781 “That panza oh his got him plenty of business . Hungry men wanted gut like his” this quote reveals that even after and before Don Moi was known he had the “Gut”  to do things to obtain money that others didn’t have a chance in reaching so they were “hungry” to get that bread like Don moi that’s why he’s in a high place for stepping up ]]> 2020-10-05 20:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804731781 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804738633 "The first white guy known to die in the desert heat here did it on January 18, 1541", this quote is trying to tell us that for ages people have been migrating from other countries to the U.S for better opportunities. Another reason that people migrate to the U.S is that probably their country are having problems.]]> 2020-10-05 20:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804738633 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804756366 “The sign has been posted by the Mexican Government at Sasabe, Sonora” before this quote the author mentions this cold worded list that said - 
1.You are only A business 
2.They don’t care about your safety or family
3. Don’t pay them off with your lives 
That if anyone went missing it wasn’t their fault because they’re all in for the money. ]]> 2020-10-05 20:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804756366 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804769864 "Guias now give their walkers cocaine to make them walk faster and longer" Before this quote Urrea describes the coyotes/ Guias as nameless tough boys that charge hundred per head to lead them to the north also feeds there "pollos" drugs.This reveals that the coyotes doesnt care about the "pollos" or the crossers because theyre give them substance that harm them in the long term .]]> 2020-10-05 21:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804769864 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804779190 “But the two things that most unify the two sides are each ones deep distrust of its own government, each sides simmering hatred for the human smugglers, the gangsters who call themselves Coyotes” after this quote this reveals to me that you’re honestly not safe with anyone at this point especially you even pay them to crops you to the border and I “call” themselves coyotes.]]> 2020-10-05 21:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804779190 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804795562 "They often gave themselves up when they realized the western desert had gotten the better if them" Urrea is describing how harsh the desert really is . They were giving up everything they ever imagined , their dreams just because they wanted a sip of water . That's how harsh the desert really was to them. ]]> 2020-10-05 21:12:57 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804795562 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804807040 “If they weren’t illegals, or smugglers, or narco mules , they were trespassing on the military base in Some Ed Abbey desert fantasy , or they were cactus thieving, swiping young saguaros for their Scottsdale Garden” After reading this quote why would they have to trespass to get cactus ans especially if they were trespassing on military base that’s a red flag they could get killed .]]> 2020-10-05 21:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804807040 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804829458 "They told the story" Before this quote everybody wanted to know what happened because they were talking about the largest death event in border history. The old boys of Wellton were changed forever about this event.]]> 2020-10-05 21:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804829458 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804853546 "The people were killing themselves working the ranchos on the outskirts" Before this quote urrea was talking about how the north the Sierra Madre Oriental begins and how the west rises the massive volcanic range.]]> 2020-10-05 21:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804853546 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804875719 If you drop and return to dust in the middle of the devils highway, Before the quotes Urrea  describes the "Guias" as selfish men that doesn't care about the crosser its easier for them if the crosser dies in the middle of the desert. This reveals how cruel the world has become also how sensitive human body are. In life everything comes to a "end" like how God say in the bible Ecclesiastes 3:20 "all go to one place. All are from dust ,and to dust all return". so lets enjoy every single moment we have because life passes fast.]]> 2020-10-05 22:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804875719 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804900862 "Coyotes hawk destinations like crack dealers in the Bronx sell drugs" before this quote Urrea was talking about Altar being the largest center of illegal immigration on the entire border.]]> 2020-10-05 22:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804900862 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804922583 "Europeans conquering North America hustled west, where the open land lay. And the Europeans settling Mexico hustled north." After this quote Urrea reveals the history of immigration and how Europeans colonizing America and Mexico because of this most people believe that they are superior to immigrants.]]> 2020-10-05 22:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/804922583 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805014796 "In the sheriffs department videos , the survivors faces almost black against the stark white hospital pillows." Urrea shows that these men are almost black for walking for days & days in the desert compared to the pillows white as a cloud . ]]> 2020-10-05 23:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805014796 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805032736 The "Sonoita also know as the Sonoyta was perhaps nouthing much more than sticks & mud , but it was a stopping point for a Spanish ex-pedition ….. The leader …..Melchior Diaz . Urrea is showing that in 1541 it was dangerous to be there because it was a killing zone & that Melchior was the leader but in enemy zone. ]]> 2020-10-05 23:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805032736 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805092536 "Refusing to gasp, as if not sucking in air would somehow fool the desert into believing they were ready for their ordeal" Before the quote Urrea describe the desert as brutal place that tried to eats slow and how the crossers struggles, This reveals how the crosser are underestimating the deserts because they still think that there tough also there trying to fool the themselves that they can go against a strong force like the desert and nature.       ]]> 2020-10-06 00:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805092536 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805129307 ' Criminals are at the gate of Disneyland; they re scalping tickets, and they re scalping each other' Before This quote it talks about how in control the gangs are to the point that you could cross the desert but you had to pay a fee ]]> 2020-10-06 00:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805129307 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805192824 "he wanted to buy his mother a house." Before this quote it talks about how coyotes are seen in videos of the sheriffs. This reveals the typical immigrant that is just trying to make money in other for them to make a better life for themselves and their family but sometimes falls into not such an honorable way to make quick cash.]]> 2020-10-06 01:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805192824 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805277297 "The new smuggling route was as treacherous as the old" Before this quote it talks about bad the hotels where they coyotes stay at are. Urrear uses this quote to show us that the trip and being a coyote is not an easy task because their is a lot of suffering since things are messy and paths are dangerous and extremely hard to pass.]]> 2020-10-06 01:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805277297 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805452976 " "getting bodies" in Border patrol lingo, didn't mean collecting corpses." Before this it talked about what the border patrol did. Urrea is describing that there is a lot of dead corpses yet also many alive people were caught crossing illegally.]]> 2020-10-06 03:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805452976 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805469063 "To use what? The trail? The sign? The desert? Spanish? Nobody seems, told the Yanquis who put the signs up that in Mexico, USA is spelled EEUU" After this quote they realize that Mexico started to enforce a law against the coyotes because how bad they treated the people they were crossing.]]> 2020-10-06 03:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805469063 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805486980 "The leader of Wellton 26 wore his hair in a silly punk-rock style, cut short all around with a red-dyed forelock hanging over his eyes." After this quote we know that  Mendez the leader of Wellton 26 was trying to look intimidating because of his job, but we found out he was silly and goofy.]]> 2020-10-06 04:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805486980 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805495246 "Don Moi drove from town to tow, patient, happy. He called Chespiro, his shadowy boss in Hidalgo. Yes yes, it's going well, jefe. I have them lined up. Several already. Seven, eight. Don't worry, I'll get more." After this quote it demonstrates that Don Moi and hiss boss only interested in the people money not their health but, they still trust Doi Moi with them ]]> 2020-10-06 04:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/805495246 beckbrays https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/811923069 2020-10-07 21:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/811923069 beckbrays https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/811923250 Consider the paragraph that starts "As the men trudged.." ]]> 2020-10-07 21:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/811923250 beckbrays https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/811923394 2020-10-07 21:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/811923394 beckbrays https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/811923487 2020-10-07 21:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/811923487 beckbrays https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/811923610 2020-10-07 21:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/811923610 beckbrays https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/811923699 2020-10-07 21:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/811923699 beckbrays https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/815365473 2020-10-08 20:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/815365473 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/815477007 "the long walk " 
'its a few more miles " They Probably felt desperate to get out from where they were but probably said those words to encourage them to keep on going on the path ]]> 2020-10-08 21:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/815477007 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/815607326 'they were now going in the exact opposite direction that they had come this quote reveals they are mentally, and physically tired. ]]> 2020-10-08 22:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/815607326 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/815850720 "Everything was repeating itself" Before this quote the men are on their trip and are suffering. This reveals how they feel like its a never ending journey and they just wish it would come to an end already.]]> 2020-10-09 02:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/815850720 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/815899763 " A voice cried out i don't want to die" Before this quote they were told to wait for the coyotes as they were going to bring them water. Urrea reveals' the pain and fear the men were going through as they believed if they didn't come back they will die]]> 2020-10-09 03:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/815899763 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817897561 2020-10-09 19:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817897561 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817903178 "El Negro apparently worked his way up from an early life as a guide" This quote is important because it shows El Negro was hard working since a young child.]]> 2020-10-09 19:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817903178 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817908219 "One gets the feeling that the of the entire world of the coyote is waiting..."
This quote tells how you really don't know how you the life of a coyote and the danger until you become one.]]> 2020-10-09 19:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817908219 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817921539 '' they told us to keep going forward, but where were we going to go?'' Urrea reveals that the men felt hopeless when climbing mountains and it was getting immensely frustrating because the men are trying to survive and get somewhere. ]]> 2020-10-09 20:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817921539 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817926058 "Drinking it was like drinking nothing at all-It was the same Temperature as the furnace of burning air around him" . The water wasn't there helping hand anymore it has turned them into struggling even more and even harder to believe that they were gonna make it. ]]> 2020-10-09 20:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817926058 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817929690 "They felt like millionaires"
Here it says how they felt when they knew they were on their way to the united states thinking it will be an easy journey , they were wrong and they later realize that during when they are on their way.]]> 2020-10-09 20:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817929690 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817939331 "Mendez lost what sense of direction he had left. Perhaps it was the exhaustion. Perhaps it was the heat." They had problems, but didn't know what to do about it and so it stack, stack over time making it harder for them.]]> 2020-10-09 20:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817939331 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817940559 '' Desperation was growing'' the men wanted nothing but survival but the group of men were like a machine breaking down starting to fall apart.]]> 2020-10-09 20:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817940559 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817943014 And of course they would pay him back....Chespiro ,well,Chespiro!Don Moi made it clear that he wouldn't be responsible for Chespiro's wrath should they shirk their responsibilities to him.The quote is important because it shows that Don moi doesn't think Chespiro is going to be able to afford to pay back the loan plus the interest.]]> 2020-10-09 20:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817943014 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817954601 "Ari-zona" "Chi-cago", Arizona sounding like a Girl with a big nose in Spanish and well Chi-Cago is made fun of even more. Their not realizing how this trip could change their lives in a bad way or good, because their making fun of names in the USA.]]> 2020-10-09 20:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817954601 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817963961 "His smuggling code name was Mendez" " He occastinaly goes by his middle name, Antonio " He was liked, people know him he was the Coyote, because he was well known they included his Important code names and his full name later on.]]> 2020-10-09 20:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817963961 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817986337 "The border patrol seem to have a strange affection for the tawdriness .In wellton station there are several framed shots of the joint in the chiefs office".Ths quote is important because it shows how the border patrol have an affection for the low and cheap quality in the office with the cracked and dirty walls.]]> 2020-10-09 20:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817986337 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817994661 "it says how the crossers are annoyed and tired of not reaching the united states when it says " their rage grew along with their despair " revealing how mad and painful and they feel.]]> 2020-10-09 20:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/817994661 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/818000398 "I want to live" santos said " shows that they don't want to stop because they have a dream of better life and live well, but reality said no desserts said no americans said no.]]> 2020-10-09 20:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/818000398 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/818020247 "That's not a knife that's a machete" "You may have a machete my friend but in my family we have samurai words!" "that thing? Where I come from ,that's a toothpick. This quote is important because it shows there different family backgrounds and how they view things.]]> 2020-10-09 21:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/818020247 noehernandez2023 https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/819025675 "He could no longer tell them that they had a few more miles to go" Before the quote Urrea is talks about Sunday night .Mendez told the crosser that they had to walk a few mile to make them think that it wasn't going to be a lot but instead of walking a "few miles" they actually walked a couple of 100th miles. Now that Mendez doesn't know where hes going he had to tell the crosser the true.]]> 2020-10-11 00:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/beckbrays/joadj1zxusexr6je/wish/819025675