Immigrant Tragedy in Пїѕthe Cariboo Cafпїѕпїѕ

Immigrant Tragedy in пїЅThe Cariboo CafпїЅпїЅ

Helena Maria Viramontes grew up in Los Angeles where relatives used to stay and live with her family when making the transition from Mexico to the United States. This is where she got her first taste of the lives of immigrants in this country within the urban barrios. ViramontesпїЅs writing reflects this theme along with expressing her political opinions on the treatments of immigrants, especially Chicanos and Latinos. In her short story пїЅThe Cariboo CafпїЅ,пїЅ Viramontes brings these ideas to life through three sections narrated by different individuals tied into the story.

пїЅThe Cariboo CafпїЅпїЅ is a story of Chicano immigrants and a Central American refugee. Along with these characters is the owner of the Cariboo CafпїЅ, who comes in contact with the others. The story progresses in three short sections. Each section involves a different scenario and is told from the point of view of a different narrator. The three separate settings do not fully come together until the end of the last section. This approach makes the story initially very complicated to understand and difficult to