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A 3 page essay that discusses the points that the writer/tutor found interesting in the texts. This particularly focuses on the social and culture description of the barrio given by Galarza. No other sources are cited.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Ernesto Galarza, "Barrio Boy" Research Compiled
By - March, 2012 properly! In Ernesto Galarzas autobiography "Barrio Boy," he
offers fascinating insight into the social culture of life for immigrants in the Mexican barrio of Sacramento during the years prior to the First World War. Galarza describes social factors,
such as the fact that Spanish was the dominant language in the barrio and that culture, particularly in regards to the older residents, remained Mexican, as well as political factors,
such as the fact that no one in the barrio possessed an official title. Therefore, leadership was informal, but acknowledged by residents, and there was virtually no contact with city
government, unless the individual was in trouble with American authorities. In other words, examination of Galarzas text indicates the unique perspectives and life experience that characterized this aspect of immigrant
experience and, in so doing, provides the reader with a fascinating insight into how the immigrant experience affected the population that Galarza describes and also in regards to his own
life. Around the time that Galarza finished the third grade, he began acting as an English interpreter, providing this translation services for neighborhood residents when they visited an American
doctor, or when they had to appear in court. He remarks that while his services were not professionals, they were free, and typically his clients promised to pay with an
IOU, which also typically included the promise that God would reward him. This experience taught the young Galarza to be disdainful of "pochos," which were those "Mexicans who had grown
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