The Pie Analysis Gary Soto recalls a time when he was six years old and stole an apple pie. Soto s use of contrast‚ diction and imagery breathe life into his work and give a unique perspective into the mind and motive of a guilty six year old. In Soto s work‚ a reader is impressed by the vast amount of vivid contrasts to illustrate a point‚ not only from a child s view but also from a religious one‚ too. Soto s first sentence is‚ I knew enough about hell to stop me from stealing. I was holy in
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hits some harder than others and it smote the naïve six year old Gary Soto with a compelling blow. In his autobiographical narrative Gary Soto vividly expresses the guilt he felt for stealing a pie from the perspective of his six year old self with a wide-eyed misunderstanding of religion. Using both irony and imagery Soto creates a powerful image of how his poisonous guilt pestered him. In the first paragraph of his narrative Soto sets the backdrop of religion‚ a theme that plays a major role
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In the story ‘’Marble Champ’’ by Gary Soto‚ lupe is someone that wants to be good at something other than school.But as I read I learned that lupe is someone that people would admire. This is because she’s smart‚hardworking‚and a good sport. The first reason lupe is someone to admire is because she’s smart. Shes smart by being a straight A student and by getting A’s means she studied hard and did all of her homework and stayed on top of her work. Another reason why lupe is smart is because she
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The novel “The Afterlife” by:Gary Soto was about a teenager who did not live it up in his life‚ but he lived life in the afterlife. It all started when Jesus or how his loved ones call him “Chuy” did not have the most perfect life. He did not have a bad life but he did struggle. One night Chuy was supposed to meet his friend Rachel at nightclub “Las Estrellas” and Chuy decided to go to the bathroom. When he was washing his face and hands he noticed some shoes that he liked and he told the
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For this paper I will be discussing three poems. They are Wood Butcher by Norman Hindley‚ Behind Grandma ’s House by Gary Soto‚ and Manners by Elizabeth Bishop. I will be examining the common theme I found throughout the three poems. I found that to be how the relatives teach lessons to their relation of a younger generation and the different approaches to their teaching. To start off I will discuss the Wood Butcher by Norman Hindley. I believe the way the father taught the son was some what
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Gary Soto Timed Writing In this essay‚ Soto uses many writing techniques to get his feelings across from stealing a pie at six years old. Three major writing techniques Soto uses to get his point across are contrast repetition‚ pacing and imagery. Fighting an internal battle with himself‚ Soto uses many cases of contrast repetition to show his internal conflict he has with himself about stealing the pie. Soto starts off by using contrast repetition almost immediately by saying that he “knew enough
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Gary Soto Essay Juan Martinez Gary Soto was born on April 12‚ 1952 in Fresno‚ California and is a Mexican-American author and poet. Gary’s parents are Manuel Soto and Angie Soto. In his youth‚ he worked in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley and in factories in Fresno. Gary’s father died in 1957‚ when he was five years old. His family struggled to find work and he had little time and encouragement for school‚
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the provider and worker. The mother stays at home cleans‚ cooks‚ and takes care of the children. Also the father would be the one who gives out advice to the kids and makes the family decisions. On the other hand Gary Soto‚ who wrote "Looking for work" wasn’t influenced by his father. Soto as a kid was influenced by television shows. Just because you are Mexican doesn’t mean you’re going to be raised with the idea of being a macho man. A while back
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Have you ever wanted to go on a date with a girl and accidentally did something to mess it up. Well in the story "The Broken Chain" by Gary Soto a boy named Alfonso‚ doesn’t like the way he looks so he tries to push them back in place where he thinks they belong. Then he met a girl named Sandra and he talks to her for a while and pretty soon asks her to go on a bike ride. She says ok so he tries to clean his bike chain and breaks it so here’s the story of Alfonso’s mistake. Alfonso was a boy who
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because these are all symptoms of having a crush. There is not a thing as torturous to a teenager as having a crush. It is like the two sides of a coin that the human heart can not control. It can be the best thing to happen to someone or the worst. Gary Soto‚ in his poem “ Oranges”‚ satirizes the conundrum that is having a crush. “Oranges” tells the story of young love between a boy and a girl.The boy takes his crush for a walk and end up at a candy store. He does not have enough to pay for the candy
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