Essay Archive - Gary Soto's Like Mexicans: Personal Experiences
Gary Soto's Like Mexicans: Personal Experiences
My decision to write in response to Gary Soto's work, “Like Mexicans”
was influenced for the most part because of the similarities between myself and
Gary Soto, and our families included. Gary Soto is a Mexican American male, who
grew up in the San Joaquin Valley in the industrial part of a town called Fresno.
His grandparents came to this Great Valley in search of creating a better life
for themselves and their families. I am also a Mexican American male who was
born and raised in the San Joaquin....
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