wanted to get away from your normal everyday life? In Gary Soto’s poem‚ “Saturday at the Canal‚” the poet tells of a seventeen-year old boy who is leading a very monotonous life and one that he wishes to get away from. Using First-Person‚ the boy feels that his life is boring and by leaving his home town he will find happiness. He also feels that his life lacks purpose and going away will show him that his life has worth and purpose. Gary Soto uses personification‚ metaphors‚ and rich imagery to
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In the story‚ “Seventh Grade”‚ Gary Soto creates a character that faces challenges with impressing his crush. As Victor tries to win Teresa over with embarrassing tactics his French teacher helps him to not embarrass himself in front of Teresa. So does Victor actually learn from his experience? Does he have responsibility in the problem he has caused? In the beginning of the story Victor decides that in his seventh grade year he is going to get a girl named Teresa. Victor soon discovers
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At one point in your life you probably created a huge problem for yourself. However‚ you most likely did not solve that problem without seeking help. “La Bamba” written by Gary Soto is a rare case. The story features a boy named Manuel who decides to sing in his school’s talent show. Unfortunately‚ during his moment the record sticks to one verse and Manuel is forced to sing along. The performance was embarrassing‚ but he became popular. This story shows how one character archetype can solve a problem
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For The Love Of The Game The poem‚ "Black Hair by Gary Soto describes a boy who had and probably still has a love and passion for baseball. Many images throughout this poem support this fact. For example‚ "In the bleachers I was brilliant with my body‚ waving players in and stomping my feet‚" "His crouch the one I assumed before an alter of worn baseball cards in my room‚" and " in my mind I rounded the bases with him‚ my face flared‚ my hair lifting/Beautifully‚" show how much he loves the
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In both poems “Oranges” and “Fair Trade” by Gary Soto‚ the author explores the recurring theme of compassion and pride. Both poems have several ways to show the theme. The poem “Oranges” is about young love and knowing how it once felt. At the beginning of the poem‚ I get the sense that the boy is a little apprehensive in meeting his girl as he states‚ “Cold and weighted down / with two oranges in my jacket.” Certainly two oranges aren’t going to weigh anyone down‚ therefore the image described must
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“Looking for Work” by Gary Soto One July‚ while killing ants on the kitchen sink with a rolled newspaper‚ I had a nine-year-old’s vision of wealth that would save us from ourselves. For weeks I had drunk Kool-Aid and watched morning reruns of Father Knows Best‚ whose family was so uncomplicated in its routine that I very much wanted to imitate it. The first step was to get my brother and sister to wear shoes at dinner. “Come on‚ Rick – come on‚ Deb‚” I whined. But Rick mimicked me and the same
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H: [Nods] E: We can also apply the same technique when writing our literary essay. See I have here with me and example of a literary essay another Fourth grader wrote. Let’s read her introductory paragraph [I hand the mentor text to Harper and he reads the introductory paragraph aloud]. E: Did you notice… [Harper interjects] H: Like when it says “Sometimes when we let our fears get us down”‚ I can say more because it just not facts I can write in my lead. E: Exactly. Did you also notice that she
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Gary Soto’s reflections on his childhood efforts of improving his working-class family are humorous and entertaining‚ yet show the flaws in the era of the family. Fueled by TV shows such as Leave it to Beaver‚ young Gary wanted to make his Mexican-American household more like the idealistic “nuclear families” that he seen on television. However‚ achieving that appealing lifestyle of the white middle-class families proved to be very difficult; especially for families like Soto’s‚ who didn’t fit that
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Have you ever wanted to be good at something‚ but you couldn’t figure out how and you just wanted to quit?This is how Lupe Medrano felt in the story “Marble Champ” by Gary Soto.Lupe is good at everything‚chess‚spelling bees straight A’s‚perfect attendance‚and she even has her own shelf in her room built for all of her awards that she had won.The only things she had never won at were sports.She tried to beg her body to run as fast as the other girls‚but she could never do it.Then one day she wanted
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one’s life. In Gary Soto’s autobiographical narrative‚ he steals a pie from a German market‚ and then feels guilty about the whole incident. Gary Soto recreates the experience of his guilty six year-old self with the use of religious imagery and language‚ the description of his paranoia that everyone knows‚ and the use of the fact that he attempts to escape his guilt‚ but is haunted and unable to escape it. Soto uses religious imagery to relive the time when he stole the pie. Gary Soto “[knows] enough
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