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Essay / Creatures of Nature in a Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle
Creatures of NatureThe environment and its creatures have a deep connection that most humans do not have or understand. In TC Boyle's Tortilla Curtain, the main characters have a rare interaction with one of nature's most "cunning, versatile, hungry, and unstoppable" creatures: the coyote (Boyle 215). Some of his characters have a deeper level of connection with the coyote that can almost be seen as a parallel and from this connection, TC Boyle's idea of how a Mexican immigrant and a coyote can be related comes together. expresses when the notion of will to do anything. to survive, to be intelligent and relentless, and although fearful is fascinating is explored. The idea that coyotes will do anything to survive, even trespassing on private property, is closely related to the fact that Mexican immigrants must take extreme measures to survive and have a better life. For example, when Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher's morning was "torn apart by a panting scream that rose... something final and irrevocable... a coyote had somehow managed to enter the enclosure and escape." seize one of the dogs…there it is, the wilderness…”” (Boyle 36-37). The coyote's willingness to expand into someone else's territory and take over what is theirs shows its instinct to do everything possible to survive. It is their strong instincts that make coyotes intelligent and dangerous to pets and even humans who are not used to living in the wild, hunting to survive and being predators. Similar to the strong instinct of the coyote who will do anything to survive, Cándido Rincon is forced to enter private property and even though he thinks: "[I] was neither a looter nor a thief", he knows that “it was a question of survival.” , out of necessity - he had a wife and a daughter in the middle of paper...... breeds they consider criminals, but they will be willing to use them to take low paying jobs and are also Enough fascinated to sexually harass without thinking twice. The idea of the behavior of coyotes and Mexican immigrants is so intensely linked when we look at the idea that they are both willing to do anything to survive, that they are cunning and relentless, and terrible but captivating to Americans . Cándido Rincon is compared to a coyote when its behavior and lifestyle match in many cases. America connects with a female coyote when they both see men, especially those in uniform and of immigrant background, as their enemies. TC Boyle explores the immigration issue argument through Delaney's coyote column. Americans will always use Mexican immigrants, who want to survive and earn a living, to accept the low-wage, backbreaking jobs they demand..