tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634448382002318750.post9088671819666030296..comments2013-01-05T08:21:48.973-08:00Comments on Chican@Lit&Culture: Welcome!Lydia A. Frenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03037808892056874980noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634448382002318750.post-66672215482123383682009-09-04T10:40:02.488-07:002009-09-04T10:40:02.488-07:00The Poem I choose to discuss is "The Mexico T...The Poem I choose to discuss is "The Mexico Texan" by Americo Paredes. In this poem I believe The Mexico Texan is who someone who is struggling with idenity and is not sure where he fits into soceity.<br /><br />"In Texas he's Johnny, in Mexico Juan," clearly states that in Texas he is known as one person and Mexico he is someone enitirely different. It seems that becasue he is in Texas he is considered Gringo even though he is actually Mexican. Why is that? I think it is because the people in Mexico have never actually been able to get over how the United States took the land that once belonged to Mexico. For that reason, I believe anyone that crosses over to the United States is considered a traitor and will not be considered a true "Mexican". The Mexico Texan knows this and his heart seems to be in Mexico but everything else is in Texas.<br /><br />"He's a burden and a drag, he no gotta country, he no gotta flag" is another example of how it shows he just does not fit in in either Texas or Mexico. He is showing how insecure he is becasue he feels he is a "burden" and a drag". This shows he feels no one accepts him into their society and no matte what he does he will not belong.Josehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356590929268650392noreply@blogger.com