Summary Of Geraldo No Last Name

In the story “Geraldo No Last Name,” Sandra Cisneros writes about a mysterious young man, who is a victim of a hit and run accident after a dance and dies heartbreakingly in the hospital at the end of the story. Cisneros left us hanging and wondering why this poor young man dies tragically, due to slow responsiveness of medical attention. In “ Geraldo No Last Name,” we can discuss the misconception of immigration and the unfair treatment of immigrants.
The misconception of the young immigrant’s life is expressed in the following statements. To Marin he is “just another brazer who didn’t speak English” (478). With “No address. No name. Nothing in his pockets” (478). Evidently, this young man illegally comes to America to work and conceals his identity to avoid deportation by the police. Many people are being stereotyped, saying undocumented immigrants are criminals and they don’t pay taxes. As Cisneros specified, “they never knew about the two-room flats and sleeping rooms he …show more content…
Geraldo’s life is gone at the moment when maybe he could have survived if he had gotten more and better care at the emergency room, “If the surgeon had only come,” if maybe hospital personnel values a person life more than money and begin to treat him immediately without any required identification and health insurance. Therefore, Marin might have chances to get to know him better, find out his last name and ultimately develop a passionate relationship with each other. As the author writes in the last paragraph of the story, “The ones he left behind are far away, will wonder, shrug, and remember. Geraldo he went north…we never heard from him again” (478). Unfortunately, his relatives and family back home will never hear from him again and they have no ideas that he has passed away. In addition, his unfortunate fate and his name will be remained silently and unfairly without any