Paso del Norte
Authors
Morton, CarlosPublisher
Universidad de Alcalá
Date
2010-10Bibliographic citation
Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment, vol. 1, n. 2 (2010), pp. 121-132
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Publisher's version
http://ecozona.eu/index.php/journal/article/view/65/246Access rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
Ignacio “Nacho” Bonilla, a Mexican American attorney and politician with a
drinking problem represents an impoverished West Texas county. His constituents
are a mix of Anglo and Chicano. Another ambitious politician, Chuck Daley, tries to
convince Nacho that toxic waste dumps will bring wealth, jobs, and tax dollars to
alleviate poverty. Daley enlists Cordelia, Nacho’s daughter to his cause.
Nacho is very vulnerable because he just lost his beloved wife, Dolores, in a car
accident. He feels guilty because he was with another woman the night Dolores
died. Nacho “sees” his wife and talks to her almost every day; she becomes his
conscience and persuades him to change his mind about the environmental
damage toxic waste dumps can inflict upon a desert landscape.
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