In the poem, “Child of the Americas,” Aurora Morales uses the literary element of repetition to illustrate how different cultures around the world can come together and become one as a whole. “I am a child of the Americas…I am a U.S. Puerto Rican Jew… I am not Africa. Africa is in me… I am not European. Europe lives in me… I am new. History made me… I am whole,” (Morales). Morales’ use of repetition illustrates all of the different characteristics she feels in her life. By using “I am”, Morales shows how she actually is a child of the Americas and a U.S. Puerto Rican Jew, however, she uses “I am not” to explain how she is not Africa nor European, but she believes Africa and Europe are part of the person she has
In the poem, “Child of the Americas,” Aurora Morales uses the literary element of repetition to illustrate how different cultures around the world can come together and become one as a whole. “I am a child of the Americas…I am a U.S. Puerto Rican Jew… I am not Africa. Africa is in me… I am not European. Europe lives in me… I am new. History made me… I am whole,” (Morales). Morales’ use of repetition illustrates all of the different characteristics she feels in her life. By using “I am”, Morales shows how she actually is a child of the Americas and a U.S. Puerto Rican Jew, however, she uses “I am not” to explain how she is not Africa nor European, but she believes Africa and Europe are part of the person she has