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Quality of life better in Juarez than LA due to Poncho's employment.

Poncho respected as educator in Juarez

Poncho having trouble finding respectable work.

Financial instability.

Luis feels like a bouncing ball.

Poncho not allowed to live the America Dream

Luis looks for his own respect.

Compare / Contrast: Rodriguez Way of Life in Juarez vs. Los Angeles

Relocating to the United States to begin a better way of life is an "American Dream" for many immigrants. Sadly, for a few, these dreams often turn into nightmares. In (Chapter I) of his book Always Running, author Luis Rodriguez explores his family's immigration to the United States. Rodriguez vividly compares and contrasts his family's comfortable, honorable, respectable, life in Mexico, where his father was steadily employed; versus the unstable, transitory, hostile life waiting for the Rodriguez' in their newly adopted country.

In La Ciudad de Juarez Chihuahua Mexico, Luis Rodriguez' father (Poncho) was a "principal of a local high school" (Rodriguez 15) from a respected and well connected family, (his father was a General in the Mexican Army.) (Rodriguez 18) Being an educated man in this part of Mexico brought with it respect and admiration.

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Rodriguez' family lived a comfortable life and was not worried about simply surviving. After Poncho made enemies within the Mexican Government, the family decided to leave for the United States, settling in Los Angeles. The contrast between the Rodriguez' quality of life in Mexico and in LA was enormous.

As mentioned, Rodriguez father was an educator, an honorable profession anywhere but especially so in the poverty stricken "border town." (Rodriguez, 14) Upon arriving in Los Angeles, Luis' father was unable to find employment, even though he was an "experienced teacher, had a degree in biology, and….....

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