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Throughout time, Cisneros reflects on these sentences and explains how powerful they are because they made her who she is today. For example, Cisneros discussed how her brothers believed that it was beneath them to spend time with her in public, so she frequently spent time alone. During her alone time, Cisneros could think, read, imagine, and prepare herself to become the professional writer that she is today. Being the only daughter allotted her the alone time which helped to shape her who she is today. Another way these sentences define her is that it allowed her to choose a “silly” major such as English in college. If her father didn’t believe that college was only a place for women to meet their husbands, he probably would’ve encouraged,

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