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    Gary Soto’s imagery and religious allusions reminisce an event where sin and guilt leads him to reflect upon his actions when he was a six-year-old child. In the beginning of A Summer Life‚ Gary Soto reveals that he has a religious background by quoting that “he knew enough about hell” and that he “was holy in almost every bone”. In addition to his religiously influenced statements‚ he also states “angels flopping”. The recurrence of allusions from the bible in the introductory passage exhibits

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    Like Mexicans” signifies that although there are a lot of different races‚ there are a lot of similarities in each one. These similarities could be in economy because there are people living in poverty and living lavishly everywhere. There is also education and lack thereof because there are those with little to no education to those that are very well-educated just like Mexicans. The essay had the structure of comparison/contrast but there is also description/reflection. The author described

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    In the text “Like Mexicans”‚ the author uses a unique way to compare and contrast different cultures‚ and the ones that he should and should not marry into. In the first paragraph he starts off with a flashback from his past‚ and talking to his grandmother about who he should and should not marry. The author goes into great detail with his childhood memories of what his mother and grandmother told him what he should do‚ and then skips to his present. In paragraph six‚ he says “But the woman I married

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    English 115-601 Feb 8‚ 2013 Mexican Macho Man Ever since I was young I always witnessed examples of men being more dominant than women‚ the role of macho man has been in my family for generations. The way most Mexican families function is the father is 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

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    Like Mexicans Gary Soto (1952 -) My grandmother gave me bad advice and good advice when I was in my early teens. For the bad advice‚ she said that I should become a barber because they made good money and listened to the radio all day. “Honey‚ they don’t work como burros‚” she would say every time I visited her. She made the sound of donkeys braying. “Like that‚ honey!” For the good advice‚ she said that I should marry a Mexican girl. “No Okies‚ hijo”—she would say— “Look‚ my son. He marry one

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    Do you believe onions buried underground are the cause of sadness? In the book “Buried Onions” by Gary Soto there are many different examples; such as metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification to grab the reader’s attention. That is exactly what you want when reading a book! First type of figurative language‚ “Yellow shoes the color of a pat of butter” (40). is a metaphor that stuck out the most to me. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to

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    The No- Guitar Blues   1. In the beginning of the story Fausto‚ the little boy wanted to buy a guitar because he had watched a show on TV which flashed in his mind what he wanted to be when he grew up‚ he wanted to be in an band and be a rock star but in his case‚ his family was not that wealthy with the little they make they could barely make it through with their expenses‚ and he thought if he asked them for a guitar he would probably get it but he knew what they would say since they always told

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    2013 The Glow of First Love: Color Imagery in Gary Soto’s “Oranges” The poem titled "Oranges" by Gary Soto is about the flush of first love and all the small‚ quiet gestures that create a love story. Throughout the three-stanza‚ fifty-six-line love poem‚ Soto paints all of the intricate gestures of first love with a palette of colors culminating in an image of fire representing the “warmth” generated by young‚ unsullied‚ innocent affection. Soto’s first instance of color imagery begins on line

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    is being responsible for some act that you have done which is bad or considered lower than your own moral standards. Gary Soto revives his childhood sin of stealing a pie from the local market by using literary devices such as imagery‚ diction‚ and religious contrasting. He parallels his holy upbringing with his heinous sin and uses imagery to bring his guilt to life. Soto’s use of diction and imagery assists him to arouse the reader’s sense of guilt‚ which is an emotion most people possess

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    Final Essay: Gary Soto Gary Soto‚ born on April 12th‚ 1952 is a proud Mexican-American that grew up in a very low class neighborhood in Fresno‚ California with both of his parents (Gillespie‚ Becker 100). Soto exclaimed that he was marginal kid; this means that he could have either ended up in prison or easily graduate from college. He put forth more effort in other things than school‚ such as girls or work. As a child and teen Mr. Soto was never interested in his schooling but he tried his

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