ENGL answering questions from readings ( need in 12 hours )

Interpreting Pat Mora’s “Immigrants” Let’s think about interpreting a short poem by a contemporary poet, Pat Mora. Pat Mora of Mexican American descent, Pat Mora was born in 1942 in El Paso, Texas. She writes poetry, nonfiction, and children’s books that explore the border between Mexico and America, emphasizing its cultural diversity and flexible bilingual language. A energetic advocate of the pleasure of reading books, which she calls “bookjoy,” Mora supports several literacy initiatives and founded what she calls “Children’s Day, Book Day, El dia de los ninos, El dia de los libros,” a literacy celebration often know as Día.

Immigrants

wrap their babies in the American flag,  feed them mashed hot dogs and apple pie,  name them Bill and Daisy,  buy them blonde dolls that blink  blue eyes or a football and tiny cleats  before the baby can even walk,  speak to them in thick English,  hallo, babee, hallo.  whisper in Spanish or Polish  when the babies sleep, whisper  in a dark parent bed, that dark  parent fear, “Will they like  our boy, our girl, our fine american  boy, our fine american girl?”