The Tortilla Curtain T.C.

  1. When Delaney listens to Jack Jr.’s vulgar commentary about Mexican “chicks”, he thinks, “This was Jack’s kid. A kid who should know better, a kid with all the advantages, raised right here in Arroyo Blanco” (230). He wonders if Jordan will turn out the same way and comes to the conclusion “of course [he] was…[the wall] might keep them out, but look what it keeps in” (230). Respond to Delaney’s conclusions.
  2. When Todd Sweet approaches Delaney about soliciting his help to stop the wall, Delaney doesn’t jump at the chance, “his mind gone numb with ambivalence” (233). Why do you think Delaney has changed his earlier position?