How do you think The Waiter feels about the plight of illegal immigrants and the current immigration controversy?
Saturday, December 17, 2011
He is often talking about the workers in the restaurant and mentions the Hispanic background of many of the workers. He also often mentions how many people at that particular restaurant as well as other restaurants are illegal immigrants. He seems to show real sympathy for the plight of Hispanic illegal immigrants to the US. He says that "most people are indifferent to what happens in the back alleys of affluence." My question is this:
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You just answered your own question, Baird. He really feels bad for them. While he recognizes that some exploit the system at his cost, he also mentions how Americans do it too. Remember too, Baird, that this book was written/published in like 2006, when anti-immigration laws were being put into place. He does often facitiously mention how upset patrons would be if they knew their cook was from Venezula and couldn't speak more than 10 words of English. The Waiter is a very compassionate man, and in this he is compassionate to the immigrants, including Fluvio, making up excuses as to why he is so controlling and paranoid.
ReplyDeleteI feel like ethnicity has no impact on how The Waiter judges his coworkers. It's all about work ethic and personality. He likes Fluvio and the Hispanic waiters no less than he likes Beth. If anything, he admires that his ethnic coworkers have better control of their money, where as he and Beth (two legal waiters) blow their money on $300 bottles of vodka and strippers respectively.
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