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In There's No Jose Here chapter 2, what is the author's deliberate intention of the craziness of his writing style in relation to immigration?

     Does this reflect the craziness of being an immigration?

     When one is stress, is he stress about one thing in isolation?

 

     Describing vs. stating: Show it! - detail, context, descriptions,

 

     Chapter 2, pp. 35, p last paragraph

           What is a squatter?

           Can you hear the rats and bugs? - They have a stratagy b/c it was their "headquarters"

           No hot water - basic need by NYC law

           No heat

     Baldriard: He discusses our understanding of the natural world and the constructed world.

           Natural: Life, non-artificial

           Constructed: Liftestyle of NYC illustration - would you be willing to give up the lifestyle that we are accustomed to?

                 Is the immigrant in the book accustomed to his lifestyle?

                      Crafty with the heat and water situation.

                      Boldriard: does our desire for better things an outcome of wanting more than what the natural world offers?

                      I.e. are these things social constructs or legitimate (goes back to this comparison to others)?

                          E.g. The need for the cell or smartphone - you don't miss out you have not seen.

             Are we reading Rico's social constructions or...? (despite getting his tone, are we reading the author's social construct? Relates to worldview and lens)

           Is necessity a construct?: related to the discussion of social norms and psychology over time & this idea of judgement(?).

DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes.