Question

Analyze the narrators of “The Circuit” and “The Passing.” How do they compare to one another?

Answer 1

Answer: The circuit by Francisco Jimenes is the story of a migrant family and their struggle to make a living on farms as "braceros", people who pick strawberries and vegetables on farms. The passing by Nella Larsen is about a light-skinned woman who pretends to be a white woman.

Explanation: Francisco Jimenes suffered all the things described in his narrative as a son of a Mexican migrant family. Nella Larsen was a novelist of the Harlem Renaissance. She was light-skinned and he could have passed as a white woman as he depicts in her novel. Both novelist write about the harships of minorities trying to make a living in difficult environments.

Answer 2

The circuit is inspired by its author Francisco who gets used to all this moving around. He also gets pretty strong with all the labor he does, since eventually he helps his family pick cotton, strawberries, and grapes. While " the passing", by Clare Kendry's attempt to pass as white for her husband, John (Jack) Bellew, is its most significant depiction in the novel, and a catalyst for the tragic events.