With your group, answer the following questions about this story:
1. Why do you think people told Juan that "the worse immigration officers in the U.S. were the ones of Mexican descent"? (p.2)
2. What are the implications of Juan's imposture in terms of his identity as a Mexican-American or Chicano?
3. What parts of his true identity is Juan able to fake and what parts isn't he?
4. How many impostors are there in the story? Who do you think is the biggest of all?
1. Why do you think people told Juan that "the worse immigration officers in the U.S. were the ones of Mexican descent"? (p.2)
2. What are the implications of Juan's imposture in terms of his identity as a Mexican-American or Chicano?
3. What parts of his true identity is Juan able to fake and what parts isn't he?
4. How many impostors are there in the story? Who do you think is the biggest of all?