Accounts of Inhumane Acts in America - Essay Example

This wall has also been described by the border patrol state “it is ironic that the U.S. government and its Border Patrol are constructing a steel wall ten feet high to span sections of the border with Mexico” (Silko, 2013, p.122). The vivid descriptions of the situation at the border come because the narratives are personal experiences of the situation.

The narratives have a significant difference in that most of the events described by Biss occur in Mexico while Silko describes events occurring at the border. While crossing the border Biss was not subjected to the dehumanizing search but observed that Mexicans were being mistreated, resulting in the development of hatred for Americans, while staying in Mexico. Silko was personally subjected to ill-treatment while attempting to move across the border and realized that all individuals moving across the border were subjected to similar actions. Sometimes, the treatment was worse, as the officers might have beaten them. The experience through which Silko underwent leads to the conclusion that the patrols cannot stop the migration since this is a natural event. For Biss, however, the experience was different and was based on the observation of the lifestyles of the Mexican people. This resulted in a retaliation act by hating Americans for mistreating the Mexican people.