reflection2

The final words of The Great Gatsby are epitome of both what immigrants expect to find in America and their struggle to transform their dreams into reality. While they never lose their optimism, they expend all of their energy in pursuit of a goal that with the new implication of immigration laws and the building of fences, seems to move ever farther away.

The juxtaposition of the statue of liberty message to the border patrol shows the blatant hypocrisy of America’s founding beliefs to it’s modern practices.


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