Cheech Marin´s comedy film " Born in East L.A ." (1987), endures after thirty- four years of its production not only for its cinematographic elements but also for the way the film uses humor and irony to represent the south of the border as the setting for complex issues such as citizenship and immigration. In 1987, Richard Anthony “Cheech” Marin, an American comedian, writer, and filmmaker, wrote the script for " Born in East L.A." , based on a true story of an American citizen of Mexican origin deported to Mexico while listening to Bruce Springsteen´s song “Born in the U.S.A.” (Noriega 190). The film´s main character, Rudy Robles, an American citizen born but of Mexican origin, lives with his mother in East Los Angeles, California. Rudy goes into a toy factory to pick up his cousin who recently emigrated from Mexico, and is caught in an immigration raid. During the raid, Rudy realized he had left his wallet with his identity document at home. Unable to reach his ...
It is fundamentally important to understand the different life experiences of people to enable real insight into society. A way to develop a critical understanding of the relationship between an individual and society is through works of art. The arts are an expression of the cultural values and beliefs of the many communities that form our world. Also, art as language helps to communicate and share ideas and thoughts that probably are not easily expressed in any other way. For instance, Aristotle, the Ancient Greece philosopher, believed that art is the realization of a true idea in an external form. As Aristotle stated, “ The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance ...” (Durant 59). In other words, the meaning of ideology is portrayed and conveyed to human society through art; moreover, a work of art is the triumph of a particular concept. For this reason, literature texts are an inspiring example of art because they can help exa...