Carlos Bulosan

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                                 1939-1979

I'm actually excited to talk about today's lesson. Alot of interesting topics are discussed in this section, including the cold war, America's involvement in the war, and even Hitler's reign in Germany. I feel like I say this in every post, but this module is truly my favorite. In keeping with our traditional method, we will review our reading from the book " Essays on Immigration" before connecting it to our module. This week we’re going to talk about Carlos Bulosan. This module is so interesting, even the immigration story was intriguing. Out of all of the other immigration autobiographies we have covered, he is the most honest, and blunt about the issues in America. 

Filipino immigrant Carlos Bulosan, like thousands of other immigrants before him, had hopes and dreams for the future. He felt what better place to do this than “Great America”. Bulosan quickly learned that America wasn't all what he thought it to be. Carlos began to question his role in America within the third paragraph of his story; Carlos felt like he didn't have a place here. He then went on to say, “I began to ask if this was the real America—and if it was, why did I come?" He felt like the U.S was a nightmare. He even considered going back home. Throughout the story he also mentioned Hitler and even Japan, and this leads us into our relevance to the module. (Great transition right 😉)

During 1939-1979 was the time of WWII, and the Cold War. In the lesson we got a glimpse of Americas role during both wars, how Japan betrayed the nation by bombing Pearl Harbor, and Nazis dominating Germany. Like I said, this module was interesting. We have never seen the concept of the Cold War before, in which there is no physical fighting but still tension exists. You would need a chainsaw to cute the tenson that was going on in this war Even the involvement of women during the war was also impressive. When I first ever heard of the Holocaust it was devasting but so intriguing. My expectations for the next lesson are high, since the last two we reviewed were so interesting.