Questions for Discussion

1. How did Makina’s journey parallel or deviate from your understanding of border crossing?

2. Why do you think Makina chose to stay in the US?

3. Why doesn’t Makina give her brother Cora’s note?

4. Why may Herrera have chosen to style the plot in such a way?

5. How did the translation impact Herrera’s message?

Signs Preceding the End of the World’s Homepage

Zoe James-Collins ’19