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"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.

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.

      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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

 

 

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.