Summary Of Our Papers By Julia Alvarez

A complex issue that surrounds both the main characters in the excerpts Our Papers by Julia Alvarez and What is What by Dave Eggers is how national conflict (civil war, war, dictatorship, etc.) can be viewed. affected their lives and viewpoints. Julia shares the experience she had as a child with her family while still in Puerto Rico. Julia repetitively includes her family in her life while at her grandfather's house in Boca Chica, and they would go swimming near the beaches with other neighbors. She talks about how "The perpetual worried look disappeared from my mother's face." Alvarez) and included carefree connotations such as gossiped, told stories, and painted their fingernails and toenails. However, in the continued passages, we see how