establish a theme that American doesn’t mean born in the US. Okita’s text‚ "Response to Executive Order‚" talks about a fourteen year old girl and how she experiences and connects to American culture on a daily basis despite her Japanese descent. Cisneros’ text‚ "Mericans‚" focuses on a Spanish family set outside the US and speaks of how "barbaric" America is‚ yet they feel a connection to it. The thing that both these texts have in common is that they both address the basic theme that place of birth
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Told in flashback‚ the actual story opens in Borivali‚ a suburban area located in the north-west section of Mumbai island of Maharashtra‚ India on the time of the Hindu-Muslim riot in 1893. Young Rizvan Khan spent most of his time in their house with his Muslim mom and brother. Their house was nothing special compared to any other houses is the area. They had stairs and wood for walls. He also spends time in his mentor’s house who taught him things in books and about life. After the death of his
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Life can be rough when you don’t stand up for yourself. In the story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros the main character Rachel has trouble in school on her birthday when the teacher Mrs. Price puts a sweater on her desk and mistakes it for Rachels. I believe the overall theme of this story explores being able to stand up for yourself. Being able to stand up for yourself is a big deal but Rachel won’t. At the start of “Eleven” Rachel doesn’t stand up for herself‚ and is very shy about telling the teacher
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supposed to be named Rachel. It was a compromise‚ my mother told me‚ from what my dad had picked: Raquel. Growing up‚ I had a friend named Rachel that was nothing like me: soft‚ composed‚ and the sweetest smile. As it is hebrew‚ the name comes from the biblical name meaning “O Beautiful One” or “female sheep”. While this is nice and all‚ it was much more fitting for my friend. Never could or would I pick the animal the sheep to describe myself. My name means messenger. Originally from old english‚ a
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Rachel’s character by Sandra Cisneros in “Eleven” is a very clever girl compared to her age; however‚ some people or even her peers might disaccord with it. In this passage‚ the author reiterates Rachel’s age several times‚ although the repetition of her age does not give the reader an affection of her being wiser and much older than her age. To tackle the feeling of Rachel being a dumb girl‚ Cisneros use of language‚ Imagery‚ and narrative all collaborates to make Rachel a well defined character
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Caramelo By Sandra Cisneros The novel “Caramelo” by Sandra Cisneros deals with the issues of a young ¾ Mexican girl named Lala‚ who grows up with a father described as “traditional” and a mother described as “modern and tolerant” (grey box p. 44) In the first excerpt our main character‚ Lala‚ is in the car on the way to Mexico with her family. Before crossing the border‚ the kids sing title songs from American commercials and cartoons they remember. After passing the border “nobody feels like
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writing came from somewhere. Many authors got their root of ideas from aspects of their whole lives‚ just like Sandra Cisneros. Her ideas came from her childhood to her job in education influenced her novels. On December 20‚ 1954‚ Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago‚ Illinois. “As the only daughter in a family with six sons”‚ she was lonely in a room full of people‚ although Cisneros did have a sister but she died at a very young age West-Durán. Throughout her childhood‚ she was moving to different
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Egil M 18.12 1 How Many Moles in my Name? Purpose The purpose of this experiment is to see how many moles there are in my name when writing with a chalk stick. I will attempt to see how little of the chalk I can use and still see my name clearly. Research question How do we calculate moles? How might we manipulate the variables? Theory So if I am going to find out how many moles there are in my name I have to know how to work it out. The «Mole» is a unit of measurement‚ just like a dozen or
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Eleven or One hundred and Two? Sandra Cisneros’ short story “Eleven” describes a young girl that is at a loss for words when her teacher embarrasses her in front of the class. How does Rachel convey her feelings on Mrs. Price’s authority? Rachel says in the third paragraph that she wishes she was one hundred and two instead of eleven and in saying so she thinks that if she was that age she would have known the words to answer Mrs. Price when she made her put on the ugly sweater that was not hers
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