This semester you read several memoirs, including pieces by Ernesto Galarza and Russell Baker. Return to “Barrio Boy” and “No Gu
mption” now. How are these two memoirs similar? How are they different? In what ways are the authors’ choices and depictions related to the subject matter of their stories?
They are both written in first person, they share
conflicts. <span>First, in similarity,
they lived in close time periods (both lived in 20th century) and were very
poor. They went through a lot of struggle but in the end they achieved a lot.
They both share similar conflicts. These are both memoir stories written in
first person and talk about being young children.
In difference, No Gumption is about a boy who delivers newspapers to help
support his family and to learn how to have a job. His mother wants him to have
gumption so he won't end up the way his father was. In Barrio Boy, it is about
an immigrant who goes to school and learns English. I don't think the story
ever talks about him getting a job. </span>
There were many names that were sent to the camps. The Japanese were the ones that were forced to live there because the Americans believed some were spies. But once they were cleared and the Americans determined that they were not spies they were free to leave. Hope this helps and if you need any more help with WW2 just message me.