{"product_id":"the-dissolution-of-the-family-in-pocho-compared-to-mona-in-the-promised-land-von-patrick-geiser","title":"The Dissolution of the Family in \"Pocho\" Compared to  \"Mona in the Promised Land\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, University of Freiburg, course: Ethnic Novel in American Literature, language: English, abstract: Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI. Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. ¿Pochö\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.1 Background to the Novel 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.2 Territorial Obscurity 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.3 Education 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.4 Richard¿s Relation to his Parents 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.5 The Dissolution of the Family 6\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. ¿Mona in the Promised Land¿ 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.1 Background to the Novel 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.2 Monäs Relation to her Parents 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. Conclusion 13\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI. Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis term paper deals with two pieces of American immigrant literature of different culture,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epolitical background, time and setting. The novel ¿Pochö by Jose Antonio Villareal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epublished in 1959 was the first Chicano novel. It was written primarily for an Anglo-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican audience in order to explain the life of a ¿Pochö. Villareal wrote the novel without\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eany guideline as no one had entered this ¿political vacuum¿ before.1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel ¿Mona in the Promised Land¿ by the Chinese-American writer Gish Jen published\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein 1996 introduces us into the multicultural life of the predominantly Jewish New York\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuburb of Scarshill in 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI will show in this term paper that despite the many differences in the two novels there also\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare many commonalities and parallels what life and the problems between the two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprotagonists and their parents concerns. I will furthermore try to present in detail that the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efamiliar sorrow in both novels is closely connected with the complex conflict of generations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewithin two cultures, as well as the protagonist¿s search for identity that results from this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first part I will analyze Richard¿s changing relationship towards his parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the second part I will show that also Mona despite her completely different background and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eenvironment faces similar problems which finally lead to the break up with predominantly her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emother. Furthermore I will expose that Mona and Richard share common interests and ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of my work I will finally compare the parallels but also show differences between\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe two novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. ¿Pochö\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.1 Background to the Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe term ¿Pochö is an expression for a Mexican who is born and raised in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is used with an abusive connotation to describe Mexican Americans in the USA. ¿Pochos¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare often perceived by Mexicans to be badly-educated and without a proper sense of culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJose Antonio Villarreal¿s novel ¿Pochö is set after the Mexican Revolution of 1910 when\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emillions of Mexicans migrated to the USA in order to get work by the so-called first\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e¿Bracero-Program¿. [...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640570164\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640570164","offer_id":39441655070813,"sku":"9783640570164","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/26443804-d0dd-46a2-9e92-b82f134ee5a5.jpg?v=1777695104","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-dissolution-of-the-family-in-pocho-compared-to-mona-in-the-promised-land-von-patrick-geiser","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}