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Task 1) Summarize briefly why Mr Ramirez came to Los Angeles and why he has to leave. plainly enough Mr Ramirez came to Los Angeles in the search for a better job and life. Well job, he had a job during the war at an airplane factory qualification parts, and he kept this job after the war. The reason he had to leave was because he wasnt let ined to stay there any pineer, because his temporary visa was no longer valid. He was there six months too long as well, so the police came and picked him up, to send him back to Mexico. Task2)A There is a famous give tongue to that is nothing to a greater extent than Ameri abide than Mom and apple pie.This storys mom safe happens to be baking a pie. She looks at her pie and comp ares it to Mr Ramirez. What attitude toward Mr Ramirez does this coincidence encourage? I think our source Ray Bradbury cute to study that outlawed immigrants also are human beings. Ray wanted to show that these illegal immigrants shtup have a positive influe nce on others. I even think that Mrs OBrien likes Mr Ramirez more than honourable a friend I think she likes him even more. The centering she said I just realized, Ill never see Mr Ramirez again made me think that.She says in a real sad way, like if she lost something very valuable to her. In all those American movies, the moms are very happy for their pies, and they let the pies stand in the window frame, and then someone comes and steals it. And now, someone came and took her pie, which is Mr Ramirez. Task 2) B We are given a detailed description of what Mr Ramirez likes about his room, what he spends his money on and what he likes to do in Los Angeles. What do these details reveal to us about why Mexicans like living in the USA? These descriptions start estimable after Soon after Mr Ramirez had arrived.. just like it wasnt possible for him to do before he came. Pleasures that are harder to achieve in countries like Mexico are more easily attainable in USA, which is the land where your dreams come true, isnt it? USA makes it easier for good, hard- written reporting people to be something, and live more greatly. Walked silent streets and seen the bright turn in the windows and bought some of them Is one of the things he likes to do. He likes to do it, and he does it, the recipe for success. I guess that in Mexico, these things are harder. Task 2) CMrs OBrien has been to Mexico. What did she chance on? Why do you think all the negative sides of Mexico are in the thoughts of Mrs OBrian and not Mr Ramirez? Mrs OBrian remembers the hot days, the endless crickets leaping and falling or lying dead and brittle like the small cigars in the shop windows. She remembers the canals taking river water out to the farms, the dirt roads, and the scorched landscape. She remembers the silent towns, the warm beer, and the hot, wooden-headed food every day. She remembers the slow, dragging horses and the parched jack rabbits on the road.She remembers the Iron Mountains and the dusty valleys and the ocean beaches that spread hundreds of miles with no sound but the waves no cars, no buildings. I turn over that the reason Mrs OBrien think of all the negative sides, and Mr Ramirez doesnt is because he is used to them. These conditions, this land she came across during her visit is much more of a shock to her, than to Mr Ramirez. Task 2) D Both Mr Ramirez and Mrs OBrian are suddenly overwhelmed by a feeling of loss at his leaving. Why did the writer not just have Mr Ramirez being sad about never seeing Mrs OBrian again?I think our writer Ray Bradbury wanted to show that illegal immigrants are also human beings. Ray wanted to show that these illegal immigrants can have a positive influence on others. As well, I think that the whole story may last in just a couple of minutes, so the author focuses more on detailed description of the characters story and experience to give us readers a bigger picture, if not the text could be meaningless and instead sh ort. Task 3) A Is this a story that tries to create sympathy for illegal Mexican workers? Does it succeed? I think it tries to create sympathy for those who illegally throw in the USA.It does show that Mexican workers have bad living standards where they come from, so it does create sympathy in some ways. I think its more that they want a change considering the rules, because those Mexican workers are people too, and they are probably just as good and hard-working as any other American. A story about Mexican workers just trying to live their life to the fullest by doing solid work, and the story confirms this and tries to open up some thoughts surrounding the theme. I think it succeeds at least I astonish sympathy for them, so I guess it works. Task 3) B Can literature play a major role in bringing about affectionate change?Is it as effective as documentary films and television programs, or non-fictional books and articles about social problems? Yes, literature can play a great r ole, but its various. A great, well go to sleep text can make a residual if it really makes an impression, but I do not think its the best way these days to make social problems more known. I believe a movie is the best way, because it reaches out to more people, and gets greater publicity than books. For example the new movie The Impossible about the T fair weatherami, gives very strong impressions because we can see what happens, and we know it happend in real life.Books dont reach out to that many people. Task 6) A * How long is the Mexican-American bunt in miles and kilometres? The Mexican-American border total length is 1,969 miles or 3,141 km long * The 2006 Secure Fence Act says there is going to be a fence along the border. How long will the fence be in miles, and in kilometres? The 2006 Secure Fence Act goal was/is to help and secure Americas borders to decrease the bar of illegal entries, drug trafficking and security threats. A 700 miles (1,100 km) fence of physical b arriers alongside the Mexico-United States border.Kilde ( http//en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Secure_Fence_Act_of_2006 ) * Approximately how many illegals get across the border every year? Of course, its impossible to give an exact number, but the number is somewhere around 375,000 people every year. About 65% of these illegal immigrants come from Mexico and the other 35% come from Southern America. At least according to (http//www. strategicstudiesinstitute. army. mil/pdffiles/ksil499. pdf) * Use the internet to find out how you could legally enter the USA. Is there any way you could enter the USA to work and live there permanently?Start your search by going to the United States Embassy websites. If you are going to live permanently in the USA, you are going to have to get a green card. This means you have to become a permanent resident. The first way to toss for a green card is by having close family members who lives in the US. The second way of getting green card, is trough employmen t. Your chances for making this work increase the more skilled you are. In most cases you must show that an employer has offered you a job. The employer must also be able to show that no American was available to do the job.The last option for green card, would be through the diversity lottery. A program encouraging immigration for countries that dont send many immigrants to the U. S. A small number of green cards will be available to people from these countries. All the qualified applicants will enter a lottery and the winners get the green card and gets allowed to move to USA. https//www. usimmigrationsupport. org/greencard. html * Use the internet to find reliable information about the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 or, in its full name, the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007.This act with a very long name was a proposition that would allow illegal immigrants to be able living and working legally in the U. S, with something calle d work authorization card, after paying some fines. Also, it would create temporary work programs, so workers would have to return to their homeland every two years, and stay there for a year or so before they could come back. merely this act got voted down and died in the Senate after failing to get the 60 votes it needed to end debate. Kilde http//en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Comprehensive_Immigration_Reform_Act_of_2007 http//immigration. about. om/od/usimmigrationhistory/f/What-S-In-The-Comprehensive-Immigration-Reform-Bill. htm http//www. nytimes. com/2011/12/09/us/illegal-border-crossings-dip-sharply. html? _r=0 http//en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_the_United_States Last raindrops Little Noah wakes up by the sound of rain thundering down on his window. He looks up, but he doesnt move, he just stares at the window, looking at the rain. He doesnt really think of anything special, he just observes how the rain splashes on the railings. Despite his confusion of what he should be thinking, he has a bad feeling. He knows that today is the day.He can feel it. They t quondam(a) him it was going to happen this week, but not sure which day. He stands up and puts his pyjamas knee pants on, the new one that he bought just some days ago. He stretches out like he always does, making this weird noise because hes so sleepy. He stands in front of the window, looking out again. He has always been inspired by the rain it makes him feel comfortable, but not today. Today it just makes him confused. Why would they want to take him? A 10 year old boy, who has done no harm towards anyone. Even though it was raining, the sun was rising in distance, hopefully making a rainbow.Maybe that would cheer him up. Anyhow, he knows that today is the day to leave this reality. Not just all the things in bring in time, also the future in this posterior will go away for ever. The government has decided to send Noah and his dad back home, where they once lived, Kurdistan. He can hear his dad walking around downstairs. Not looking for something, just walking around. Probably confused, just like Noah. It has been 4 days since they said they would show within a week, but this had to be the day. Despite Noahs young age, he was quite aware of what was going on.Noahs dad has told him that the war in his native land isnt critical anymore, even safe according to authorities, but Noah knows better. Noah remembers things from when he had to leave the country, he gets flashbacks. He remembers people screaming, and he just stood there crying. He remembers the last time he ever saw his mother and sister, before they were killed by a car-bomb. Noah was only 4 years old at the time, but the memories are stuck in him. He tries to stay positive, but hes afraid. Afraid of leaving this safe place. Afraid of the memories that are printed in his head.Afraid that he and his dad will share the same faith as his sister and mother, losing everything again. Maybe he wont have any p lace to sleep, anything to eat. He is glad he got his dad, but he misses his mothers comforting words. He doesnt recall much of her, but enough to know that he misses her. Noah fells a tear down his cheek, just like the ones falling down on his window. Noahs father didnt take the loss of his married woman well either, he struggled a lot. Noah remembers how he heard his father crying late nights, and he remembers when they got the letter which said they had to go back.Noah looks out the window again, he sees people running around, hiding from the rain under their jackets. He remembers one time, long ago, when his mother, father and himself had to run across town because the rain surprisingly showed up. only Noah didnt mind, he loved the rain. He hopes it will rain a lot where he is going, its his only hope at the moment. Doorbell. Doorbell again. either sound makes Noahs heart beat a little faster. He looks outside again, observing the rain, sliding down synchronized with his tears . They were here, its time.