English 1101 January 25 2014 Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “Silent Dancing” Essay of the cultural shifts of Cofer’s mother‚ her cousin and her cousin’s brother girlfriend From Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “Silent Dancing” Cofer’s Mother Cofer’s mother is in the middle of the assimilation phase she is involved in both the American culture and the Puerto Rican culture. She often shops at La Bodega which is a Spanish
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it is correct in the opinions of others. This idea is expanded and explained in two essays: "The Story of My Body" written by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ and "Never Just Pictures" by Susan Bordo. In the first essay‚ Cofer suggest that our body plays an essential role in our social life. The differences of race‚ color‚ and size can create many uncomfortable situations in our adolescence. She tells us the story of her body and the different situations that she experienced. One of them was the isolation that
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Collins‚ “Introduction to Poetry” discussion of the speaker‟s approach to poetry versus his students‟ approach Together we will discuss and annotate and then evaluate samples of close readings on the following poems: Poem Title Discussion Suggestions Marge Piercy‚ “The Secretary Chant” speaker‟s voice‚ social comment‚ humor‚ imagery Robert Hayden‚ “Those Winter Sundays” mood‚ speaker‟s relationship to father John Updike‚ “Dog‟s Death” imagery‚ diction William Hathaway‚ “Oh‚ Oh” imagery
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Limits placed on the female role in society in the story "Not for Sale" have a clash between American and Puerto Rican cultures. Conflicts between a 16yr old daughter and her father occur multiple times due to limitations of the Puerto Rican culture. The daughter from the story wants to have the freedom of an American girl. With the restrictions enforced‚ she resorts to reading exotic stories to pass the time. The women’s role in the Puerto Rican culture is not expected to reach further than a homemaker
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‘wearing glasses‚ they must be smart’ or ‘one is tall so they must play volleyball.’ Society should not judge a child based on their looks especially since they have not developed their identity. Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ author of “The Story of My Body” published in The Latin Deli in 1993‚ shares her story of dealing with self-image and finding her identity‚ "My skin color‚ my size and my appearance were variables - things that were judged according to my current self-image‚ the aesthetic values of the
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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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analysis of Judith Ortiz Cofers The Story of My Body. I have made some local‚ but mostly global revisions to the paper‚ as well as addressed some of the feedback made by the instructor. The local revisions include: making complete sentences‚ rearranging words. For global revisions‚ I rewrote the conclusion‚ broke a paragraph into two‚ and as suggested by the instructor I added more analysis and connection to the young girl. In the first paragraph I started it with saying‚ “The ‘Story of My Body
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she has gained her family’s trust. The most important privileges for a young lady is to wear makeup‚ date‚ and make adult decisions. Judith Ortiz Cofer relates to this in one of her articles by stating “she was instructed on how to act like a proper sen᷇orita and were encouraged to look and act like women and dress in clothes that made them look more mature” (Cofer 39). Wearing makeup is something that a girl being raised in the Hispanic culture can start wearing the day of her Quinceañera. Another
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defying stereotypes. Author Judith Ortiz Cofer uses a personal narrative essay to tell the story of the life of a Hispanic girl trying to assimilate herself while still holding on to her culture and traditions. By analyzing the different parts of this essay such as the narration mode‚ cause and effect model‚ the descriptive mode‚ and the language‚ we can understand better understand the essay.
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Invents the Zero by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ Constancia meets her grandmother for the first time‚ which leads to her being ashamed of being with her grandmother because she acts and dresses differently; that makes Abuela very sad that her grandmother. The theme is given people with the utmost respect‚ or you will lose the respect from the other person. To begin‚ the main character named Constancia and her family picks up her Abuela. Constancia’s mother tells her about the stories of her mother. She tells
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