Boyle uses the coyote throughout the novel Tortilla Curtain to draw repeatedly parallels between the actual coyote and the figurative coyote. Boyle uses the actual coyote to show how the animal actually is. In this novel, the coyote acts as a symbol for many things. Boyle parallels the figurative coyote with the man in the red hat who is portrayed as the bad character in the novel. Boyle also uses the coyote to parallel the illegal immigrants and the way the coyote lives. Candido is one of the main characters in the novel that is an illegal Mexican and is paralleled to the coyote. Boyle points out how the coyote is symbolic of illegal aliens. He also shows the meanings of the literal coyote to the real animal itself. In each of these cases, we see how the coyote plays an important role in The Tortilla Curtain. T.C. Boyle's message lies within the symbol of the coyote. It serves as an awakening to a serious problem that surrounds us. The coyote in this novel is symbolic towards the characters" actions and their way of life. .
In the first part of the novel, entitled "Arroyo Blanco" we see how Boyle uses the literal coyote to portray the real animal. The Mossbacher family consists of Delaney, Kyra, and Jordan. They own two terrier dogs named Sacheverell and Osbert. One night a coyote jumps over and eats Sacheverell. The family is heart broken over this so they put up an even higher fence to keep out any unwanted animals. Again, the coyote jumps over the fence and eats the other dog named Osbert. It seems as though the coyote will do whatever is has to do to survive. Even if that means breaking and entering. At the same time, the homeowners association is trying to put up a gate to keep out "the Salvadorans, the Mexicans, the blacks, the gangbangers, and taggers and carjakers-(39). Boyle uses the coyote as a symbol of breaking in and taking whatever he wants. Even though the Mossbachers put up an even higher fence, it still did not keep the coyote .
T.C. Boyle, a proponent of immigration and advocate of both legal and illegal immigrants. In the novel The Tortilla Curtain Boyle uses the extended-analogy of the coyote to draw parallel lines between the actual coyote and the symbolic coyote. Boyle uses the actual coyote to show how they live in ...
Tortilla Curtain is a very interesting book that has realistic views. It clearly illustrates the real problems that surround the daily life of Americans and illegal immigrants on the Mexican border. It shows the reader the problems the Mexicans and Americans face every day. The novel illustrates to ...
The title of this novel, The Tortilla Curtain, by T.C. ... The Tortilla Curtain, in both real life and this novel, represents an established but vulnerable border, which the lines are crossed. ... This curtain is suggesting the border between Mexico and the United States, which because you can cross this border, is similar to a curtain because it hides what is on either side from each other. ...
The Shaping of a Woman's Success The brilliantly written novel The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle recounts the story of two couples in the United States both pursuing their idea of the American dream. The first couple, Delaney and Kyra are a modern, middle class pair. Candido and America, the...
What does the liberal white suburbanite do when the walls around his community no longer keep out the forces of "nature" with which he is (formally) so much in love? T.C Boyle's The Tortilla Curtain approaches this question from a perspective of irony. The book's central character, Delaney Mossba...
The novel "The Tortilla Curtain- by T. Coraghessan Boyle is about two Mexican immigrants who come to America to be free. One of the Mexican immigrants, Candido, gets hit by the car of a white man. There other immigrant is America, who is the wife Candido. America is a seventeen-year-old Mexican...
The Coyote In The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle, the author repeatedly draws parallels between the actual coyote and the figurative coyote. Boyle uses the actual coyote to show how the animal actually is. In this novel the coyote acts as a symbol for many things. Boyle parallels the figur...
California's Love/Hate of Immigrants Individuals around the world view California/the United States as the premiere place to raise a family, and to have a nice white house on the corner of some quiet street. They see California as the opportunity to work a 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. job in...