Francisco jimenez breaking through summary by francisco

"Breaking Through" is a non-fiction book comprised of a series of anecdotes. The book is about the author, Francisco Jimenez, and his experience as a Mexican immigrant in the United States.

Francisco jimenez breaking through summary by francisco

Each chapter is a different anecdote, and the entire book is told in the past tense as Francisco remembered his experiences from childhood and adolescence.

When Francisco and his family first came to the United States in the 1940s from Mexico, only Francisco's father was a legal immigrant since he had a work visa from a strawberry farmer named Ito.

Francisco, his mother, and his older brother Roberto were illegal immigrants. Francisco's younger siblings, Trampita, Torito, Rorro, and Ruben, were all legal immigrants. Before they were deported, the Jimenez family traveled to different tent labor camps depending on where there was work.

Mostly, they followed the crop seasons since Papa worked in the fields.

When Francisco was about 14 years old he and his f