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“When I was Puerto Rican.”
In the book “when I was Puerto Rican” by Esmeralda Santiago, negi goes to New York to find a “better like” with her mother” there Puerto Rican jabara who longed for the green quiet of a tropical afternoon was to become a hybrid who would never forgive the uprooting.” (pg109). Her whole life and future had changed when she left Puerto Rico to live in New York. Negi loved Puerto Rico and did not want to move anywhere. She admired the warm tropical weather. There was this laid back feeling when she went to the beach. In Puerto Rico she felt safe, and had freedom. Negi felt and knew she was a true Puerto Rican. Her parents would fight all the time. As much as they loved each other they hated each other. When Negis uncle got hurt the tress and fighting got worse. Negis uncle needed a better doctor, so they finally had a reason to leave Puerto Rico and go to New York. By moving to New York they would start there “better life”. When negi was in New York she felt lost and out of place. Negi felt no longer a full out Puerto Rican. Kids would make fun of her and call her names. She could not speak their language at first. Negi doesn’t feel safe and comfort in New York like she did in Puerto Rico. Negi want to get out of Brooklyn, in the process of trying to leave she got accepted to go to a high class performing arts high school. The longer she was in New York the less she felt like a true Puerto Rican, this is where the book got its name “when I was Puerto Rican”. There are always those days negi had remembered what life was like when she lived in Puerto Rico. “The Puerto Rican jibara who longed for green quiet of a tropical afternoon was to become a hybrid who would never forgive the uprooting”. Negi had a better life in New York. She no longer lives in Puerto Rico, but inside she was still a true one. This is the reason the book is called “when I was pert
In the book “when I was Puerto Rican” by Esmeralda Santiago, negi goes to New York to find a “better like” with her mother” there Puerto Rican jabara who longed for the green quiet of a tropical afternoon was to become a hybrid who would never forgive the uprooting.” (pg109). Her whole life and future had changed when she left Puerto Rico to live in New York. Negi loved Puerto Rico and did not want to move anywhere. She admired the warm tropical weather. There was this laid back feeling when she went to the beach. In Puerto Rico she felt safe, and had freedom. Negi felt and knew she was a true Puerto Rican. Her parents would fight all the time. As much as they loved each other they hated each other. When Negis uncle got hurt the tress and fighting got worse. Negis uncle needed a better doctor, so they finally had a reason to leave Puerto Rico and go to New York. By moving to New York they would start there “better life”. When negi was in New York she felt lost and out of place. Negi felt no longer a full out Puerto Rican. Kids would make fun of her and call her names. She could not speak their language at first. Negi doesn’t feel safe and comfort in New York like she did in Puerto Rico. Negi want to get out of Brooklyn, in the process of trying to leave she got accepted to go to a high class performing arts high school. The longer she was in New York the less she felt like a true Puerto Rican, this is where the book got its name “when I was Puerto Rican”. There are always those days negi had remembered what life was like when she lived in Puerto Rico. “The Puerto Rican jibara who longed for green quiet of a tropical afternoon was to become a hybrid who would never forgive the uprooting”. Negi had a better life in New York. She no longer lives in Puerto Rico, but inside she was still a true one. This is the reason the book is called “when I was pert