by Francisco Jimenez
After reading The Circuit I feel that the author, Francisco Jimenez, wants to let the readers know that no matter in what position you are in or were given in life,you are capable of thriving and achieving your goals. " "This is our chance to stay in Santa Maria all year and not move to Fresno to p...
I believe the author wants me to learn from this reading that back then it wasn’t easy to have a job and the only job you could get was to work in the fields because you didn’t come to the U.S illegally. “Here you’ll find work picking strawberries. (page 5)” Another thing that wasn’t easy was cross...
In the story The Circuit Francisco Jimenez is trying to teach us that even if you live destitution you can still fulfill your dreams. In the book Francisco tries to convince his dad for his family to stay in Santa Maria so he can stay in school. In order for him and his family to stay he and his b...
I believe that in the book, The Circuit, Francisco Jimenez wanted to share from his point of view and others about Mexican Immigration and what it's like having to get through that rough period of time for them. His point was to show and explain his experiences through him as a young boy and his fam...
INCLUDED IN THIS BLOG POST IS THE INTRODUCTION TO THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORY THE CIRCUIT, WHAT I THINK THE AUTHOR WANTS US TO LEARN FROM THE STORY, HOW THE CHARACTER REMINDS ME OF MYSELF, AND WHEN I DECIDED IF I LIKED THE BOOK OR NOT. The Circuit is an autobiographical story by Francisco Jimenez ...
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