Michael Rose <br />English 101 <br />'Fender Bender' Short Response <br />September 29,2009 <br /> <br /> The short story, 'Fender Bender, ' by Ramon 'Tiangus' Perez, <br /> <br />portrays the prejudiced state in which the contemporary society in <br /> <br />America regards illegally immigrated peoples. The anecdotal <br /> <br />experience which Perez divulges furthermore demonstrates an inter- <br /> <br />cultural conflict between Mexican immigrants: those who have become <br /> <br />Americanized and those who have clung onto the the cultural <br /> <br />idiosyncrosies of Mexico. In the short story, this conflict is catalyzed <br /> <br />over language-preference divergencies between a 'Chicano' cop and <br /> <br />a Mexican semaritan. On the other hand, however, the role which is <br /> <br />carried out by the 'Anglo-saxon' male, who is involved in the fender <br /> <br />bender with Perez, semphores a present-day change which is taking <br /> <br />place in those outlooks held by the base, Caucasian population within <br /> <br />America; the 'Anglo-saxon' insists against those legal complications <br /> <br />with which the 'Chicano' cop desires to have pass upon Perez. <br /> <br />Ultimately, the corruption of the system succeeds, however; the cop <br /> <br />forces Perez to lock his car keys within the vehicle, and proceed to <br /> <br />walk away from the vehicle, into the distance and down the block. <br /> <br />Perez is rescued by a meager hanger on a a street corner.<br /><br />Michael Timothy Rose<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/reaction-paper/
