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And The Earth Did Not Swallow Him

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I'm a tenth grade English teacher. We read House on Mango Street. I seldom show movies in class, but the kids needed a break. I ordered this movie and it was a great companion movie. I ordered it and it came within 3 days! Amazing!

This movie kept it down to earth. I like those types of movies that don't have to much superficialities. The scene editing style and cinematography kept me interested and in the grace of the writers original idea. The original idea it seems is a struggle between letting one's self be indulged in the hardships of examining the self or being overburden with the struggles which one faces, considering what this boy is thrown at him. The boy is given the complexities of being a Mexican who smells like lice medication ( in some instances of our current time some kids don't even have toothpaste , so one can hastily imagine that this could be an analogy as well ). The boy is forced to move in with a stationary migrant couple who are bootleggers and even conspired the murder of another migrant worker. The movie also conveys that there were caucasian people who sympathized with some of the racist attitudes of the mid western farm belts. It was great to see this because all too often some movies are motivational factors towards more hate and reverse discrimination. My self , I need a re-affirmations in movies which tell the story of caucasians or Schindlers who harbor in their hearts some sort of sympathy factor. This movie has many funny scenes as well.

I teach a H.S. Spanish IV course. Part of my curriculum is the Chicano Movement and we read the novel this film was created from. The novel has created such great conversation and interest. We also view this film. It is a very good depiction of the novel - although the novel in itself could be interpreted in many ways. This novel is written in both English and Spanish so could be used in a variety of language courses. It is a MUST in teaching Chicano History, life of migrant workers, immigration, Mexican-American History....... etc.