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Everyone Just Wants A Better Future For Their Sons and Daughters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The creative art I choose for my first assignment is “A Better Life<\/em>“, the film. This film was released in 2011 and was a hit when it premiered. This film is a great example for Immigration and how it is truly a sensitive and important topic in society today. This movie hit my heart and it made me realize that so many people come to this country to be successful and live a better life\/give a better life to their kids and we do not see it. This film made me feel so many emotions, but one in specific was sadness because I saw how this father and son got separated and how heartbreaking that moment was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This film was truly heart-breaking and it made my eyes watery because it is something that people can relate to in present day and we are not seeing it or taking as much importance to this social issue. The son of the main character (Luis Galindo) was a 15-teen year old boy who lived with his dad (Carlos Galindo) in East, Los Angeles. The son and the dad had a rough connection at the beginning of the film because the son did not notice or realize that his dad was doing everything to give him a better life, stability and economic success. The dad was a landscaper and he wanted to start his own landscaping company so his son could have a better life and everything started to go well, the dad bought his work truck, got tools and equipment to start his business and than they stole his truck with equipment. This all lead to me experiencing something that I could not imagine I could last if I was in their shoes and it broke me knowing that the dad at any moment could be taken away knowing how things were heated with immigration officers in that setting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classifying my Experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think the thing I felt was togetherness<\/strong>, which our glossary of experiences <\/a>defines as “A feeling of being united in understanding with other people.” This film made me experience this because my family decided to spend time together watching movies and my dad said he had a good suggestion, so he played the movie and we were all hoping for a cheerful and exciting movie but when it started to reach the climax, all of us were tearing and we felt this feeling of unity; we felt the need to do something to show that we were united with those going through these issues and that they weren’t alone. I felt like I had to do something that moment to assure those going through these hard times of deportation that it would get better and that I supported their idea of coming to America for a better life. Another feeling I would say I felt at that moment would be connection<\/strong>, which is “Feeling linked or bonded to others in community.” I would say I felt this to because I needed to do something that same day or the next day to show my latino community that no matter what, I was there to support them and that they are not bad persons for coming to a foreign country for a better life for themselves or their own kids; everyone is allowed to go anywhere they want without having a risk of getting kicked out just because they do not have the correct documentation yet do so much for the country they are in and sacrifice so much for others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Describing the Features Prompting my Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were a few features that made me feel those two experiences throughout the movie. The main feature was the plot of the movie. I know I have mentioned the plot of the movie in the previous paragraphs but its because the way the plot was constructed was to hit the viewers with a hard and sentimental plot to make sure the mark stays and people always remember and reflect how others are having a hard time with social issues like deportation. The plot hits when the son and dad finally start to bond together and unite as one based on common grounds and the dad showing his son why he did what he did by migrating to American for a better life for him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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