How do you reflect life lessons taught to you and you use them in your everyday life? Well‚ Rudolfo Anaya and Judith Ortiz Cofer’s stories do just that. In Anaya’s story‚ he writes about how he grew up with his grandfather‚ working on land and learning about his ancianos. Anaya’s grandfather was a man with great wisdom and taught a lot about his background‚ he only said a few words‚ and was remembered mostly for his silence. In Ortiz Cofer’s story‚ it started off as a selfish young girl named Constancia
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Response to "American History" The story "American History" by Judith Ortiz-Cofer is one that many people can relate to. It is not merely a Latina girl ’s experiences with prejudice and growing up in New Jersey. The story rings true for many. In "American History‚" Elena is a ninth grader at a large public school in Paterson‚ New Jersey. On this day‚ a cold gray November day‚ President Kennedy has been shot. The reader can see how all the adults in the story are immensely affected by this
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Finding Love The two stories being compared are “The First Seven Years” and “Catch the Moon”. The First Seven Years is written by Bernard Malamud. Catch the Moon is written by Judith Ortiz Cofer. The First Seven Years is about a father who just wants his daughter to find love‚ and the daughter and helper are secretly in love. Catch the moon is about a troubled boy that learns to change and falls in love with a girl. Both stories have a pretty similar theme‚ they are both about finding love
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I. An Examination of Characters 1. Select 5 stories and then create a character analysis on each main and favorite character Dear Joaquin: In this letter‚ the depressive angst is almost surely palpable. Olga is hopelessly in love. It seems a man took her virginity‚ her purity‚ and left her in an anxious state of expectancy. A one night stand in which she gave her whole being to a fraud made her believe she knows what love is. She exhausts the word love saying “me‚ the woman who truly loves
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Volar In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s essay “Volar”‚ the author describes that both her and her mother dreams of being able to fly. The author portrays the problems faced by many immigrant families‚ and shows the reason why they want to fly. She also shows her and her mother’s secret desire through their dreams. The author’ obsession with superheroes is her desire to fit in to the culture where she lives. The author shows that she with tight curls and skinny arm and legs is not happy with
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My response to the title of the poem was a fifteen-year-old Latina girl becoming of age. Quinceanera can be compared to Sweet Sixteen or becoming eighteen-years-old all of which represent the transition into adulthood for a young lady. Traditionally a Quinceanera is celebrated among the Latino culture and catholic community. The poem demonstrates tone well using her emotions and feeling toward turning fifteen. This author takes her own experience and puts it into the poem. She describes the time
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Jack Huston once said “Rule number one is ‘don’t get too attached to a character.’” He was talking about fictional characters‚ but the same can be said for real life. In the short story “American History‚” by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ a girl named Elena becomes friends with a boy named Eugene‚ but she is devastated when she finds out that he will be moving soon. The moral of this story is not to get so emotionally attached to someone. Elena got so attached to Eugene because of how similar they are. She
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HOLT‚ RINEHART AND WINSTON Writing an Autobiographical Narrative by Blake W. of William G. Enloe High School in Raleigh‚ North Carolina Carelessness What is the use of crossed wires built into some windows and glass in doors? I have been told that they are to strengthen the glass‚ to protect it from bumps and bruises. Copyright © by Holt‚ Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. INTRODUCTION Engaging opening Background information However‚ this could be debated. A year and a half
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talks about the way people see him. The reason being he is African American and within his neighborhood people see him as a mugger‚ rapist‚ or worse than the two. He is also discriminated and stereotyped because of his race and his skin color. In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s essay “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” she explains how people stereotyped Latin people and herself for the way they dressed‚ their education‚ and the way they were viewed just by watching a movie. Also their
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more than others. Connie‚ from "Abuela Invents the Zero" by Judith Ortiz-Cofer‚ decided to put her feelings in front of Abuela’s when she chose not to help when Abuela could not find her way back to the pew in the church. When Connie noticed that Abuela was lost‚ she decided not to help her because‚ "I just know that on Monday my friends‚ and my enemies‚ in the barrio will have a lot of senile -grandmother jokes to tell" (Ortiz-Cofer para 14). Connie put her feelings before Abuela because she did
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