Leffingwell Elementary School

Pg. 3
“Suddenly, having my brother on a different continent seemed like a small price to my brother on a different continent seemed like a small price to pay for owning a Barbie complete with a carrying case and four outfits, including the rain gear and mini umbrella.”


Countries that are filled with poverty look at America like it’s a Barbie doll house. Everyone and thing is perfect and wealthy. Every girl and boy, Barbies and Kens, all the homes aligned perfectly and everyone has a good paying job. But when they immigrate here disappointment hits them. Not knowing the language makes it hard to find a job and America isn’t as it seems it was. But loads of people come here all the time because of the portrayal of America as a Barbie set.


Pg. 5
“The problem was that my mother, like most women of her generation, had been only briefly educated.”


Both my parents were also only briefly educated for many reasons back then. Not having enough money and take care of your family was looked at over than an education. But if you had the money than education was usually encouraged. In Children of the River, Soka doesn’t want Sundara to pay for college because going to college makes Soka think Sundara will get pregnant. So it was either not get the education you want or achieve a scholarship.