Poem Analysis: The Latin Deli
Jacob Quintero
"The Latin Deli" 1. In, “American History”, there is a boy Deli: An Ars Poetica’, by Judith Ortiz Cofer
I. who moves into the house next to El Building named Eugene. Eugene is a tall blond boy who wears glasses. Eugene was smart because he “was in honors classes for all his subjects.” Eugene doesn’t seem to have much interaction with girls because he blushed deeply when Elena first went up to him. However, by walking home with Elena, Eugene finds a way to make her have a crush on him and causes her to change the way she thinks for him. Eugene and his family had moved to Paterson from Georgia, which was the reason he had an accent. Eugene must have been from a family that didn’t like to associate with people of different skin tones because of how his mother reacted when Elena went to go study at his house. In “The Witch’s Husband,” Abuela is an old Puerto Rican woman who has some heart problems. Abuela is also very stubborn since she insists on taking care of the old man herself, and says she’s good when they tell her that she might die in her sleep. Abuela has five children of her own and took in many foster children. When people had hard times they would stay at Abuela’s house. Abuela is very proud of everything she does, whether it’s raising children or taking care of her garden. Abuela is old, but wise since she knows all the remedies for sickness and also old tales of witches. The stories that Abuela tells kind of relates to her when she went off to New York, because she wanted to leave home. Abuela again shows the kindness of her heart when she says, “Because I love him and I missed my children.” It is ironic that Abuela has heart problems because it seems like she has so much heart and care for people around her.
In “Letter from a Caribbean Island,” Marina talks of an old man who lived in the cabin next to hers. He was a representation of dedication since “every night after the beach cleared of people, he would sit under the lamppost.”
"The Latin Deli" 1. In, “American History”, there is a boy Deli: An Ars Poetica’, by Judith Ortiz Cofer
I. who moves into the house next to El Building named Eugene. Eugene is a tall blond boy who wears glasses. Eugene was smart because he “was in honors classes for all his subjects.” Eugene doesn’t seem to have much interaction with girls because he blushed deeply when Elena first went up to him. However, by walking home with Elena, Eugene finds a way to make her have a crush on him and causes her to change the way she thinks for him. Eugene and his family had moved to Paterson from Georgia, which was the reason he had an accent. Eugene must have been from a family that didn’t like to associate with people of different skin tones because of how his mother reacted when Elena went to go study at his house. In “The Witch’s Husband,” Abuela is an old Puerto Rican woman who has some heart problems. Abuela is also very stubborn since she insists on taking care of the old man herself, and says she’s good when they tell her that she might die in her sleep. Abuela has five children of her own and took in many foster children. When people had hard times they would stay at Abuela’s house. Abuela is very proud of everything she does, whether it’s raising children or taking care of her garden. Abuela is old, but wise since she knows all the remedies for sickness and also old tales of witches. The stories that Abuela tells kind of relates to her when she went off to New York, because she wanted to leave home. Abuela again shows the kindness of her heart when she says, “Because I love him and I missed my children.” It is ironic that Abuela has heart problems because it seems like she has so much heart and care for people around her.
In “Letter from a Caribbean Island,” Marina talks of an old man who lived in the cabin next to hers. He was a representation of dedication since “every night after the beach cleared of people, he would sit under the lamppost.”