Examples Of Words Where You Find Them Maria

“Take words where you find them, Maria. Do what you have to do to keep writing your stories and poems, Maria” stated by Mr. Golden, telling Maria that she has a gift, and that gift is writing. Maria is a young girl who moved to New York from Puerto Rico to go live with her dad to experience the American life. Throughout the book, Maria changes and grows. Readers contrast these changes from the beginning, middle, and to the end.

In the beginning of the book, Maria is learning to be American and make new friends. She writes a letter to Mami on page 62 saying, “Today I will go downtown by myself. I will practice english with real people and try to learn more about the real world outside this block so that one day I will stop lost in the world. Maybe I can learn to think of this city as home.” This is showing how Maria is wanting to explore more about the outside world and explore more opportunities. Another piece of evidence is on page 79, when Maria has to read some of
(66-69) Maria has felt like she has lost alot of her old Puerto Rican culture and accent. Maria says in her poem, “Another day you wake up, say a few words and suddenly you notice, every day your accent is less thick than the day before! Not to long ago you sounded like this: I speek leetle Eenguish. The next, you are singing I can articulate, I can articulate, like the eloquent pig Wilbur in Charlotte's Web.” Maria is now feeling more confident in her English. Another piece of evidence that shows Maria adapting to America is page 81, when Maria thinks to herself, “Maybe we’ll walk to the deserted playground, slide and swing in the rain, or maybe we will take a bus to the mall and annoy people by walking around dripping wet, her high-top sneakers squeaking”. Maria is imagining how she can spend time having much more fun with her friend whoopee instead of staying in her