Tortilla Curtain

Tortilla Curtain: Jack Jardine Jack Jardine is a very interesting character in the story Tortilla Curtain. He has a very strong influence on Delany Mossbacher, one of the central characters in the story. His influences, along with the tragic string of events concerning Delany and Candido, produce a complete turn around in the ideals of Delany by the end of the story. At the start of the story Delany is a “liberal humanist”, albeit a …

…think. Even with the relatively few lines he has in the story, he helps to totally change Delany, who in turn affects pretty much everyone else in the story in some way or another. He also serves as a reminder of what can happen, or even what already has happened, if we get too extreme. I couldn’t help thinking while reading through the book, is this what some people in America have come to?