52 pages • 1 hour read
Tim Z. HernandezAll They Will Call You
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
How does the story of Marty Hoffmann fit into the larger themes Hernandez explores in All They Will Call You: The Telling of the Plane Wreck at Los Gatos Canyon?
Analyze how oral history as portrayed and used in the text reflects the theme of Forms of Remembrance and Memorial.
Compare and contrast the four Mexican migrant workers whose stories are the focus of All They Will Call You: The Telling of the Plane Wreck at Los Gatos Canyon. How are their stories similar? How are they different?
Research American immigration policy today as it relates to Latin American migrant agricultural workers. To what extent is it similar or different from the Bracero Program of the 1940s?
Listen to the song “Plane Crash at Los Gatos (Deportee).” How do the lyrics relate to the themes Hernandez explores in All They Will Call You: The Telling of the Plane Wreck at Los Gatos Canyon?
Describe how family members of the witnesses and victims have personally memorialized the events of January 28, 1948. According to Hernandez, what constitutes an effective or appropriate memorialization and why? Do you agree with his account? Why or why not?
How did official documents and records memorialize the plane crash? In what ways are they more accurate than the oral histories Hernandez collects? In what ways are they less accurate?
What emotions does Hernandez portray the figures in All They Will Call You: The Telling of the Plane Wreck at Los Gatos Canyon as having? How does this portrayal play a role in Creating Empathy Through Storytelling?
Analyze the use of Spanish in the text. How does it impact the book’s narrative? How does this relate to the author’s feelings about his own Spanish-language abilities?
