Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Love over words
Julia Alvarez knocked socks off of hundreds of american and Dominican Republic lives by her novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, which was published in 1991 but the book starts in 1960 in New York, The novel is “told in reverse chronological order and narrated from shifting perspectives(“Alvarez,Julia.”ProQuest). The Garcia girls are first introduced in the novel when they have established lives at age 30 and goes through their experience of having to go from a small island in the Dominican Republic when they were kids and then having to grow up in New York city. This novel is based on the difficulties of having to flee the country where you grew up for the last 10 years to a new place. Somewhere they don't even …show more content…
Yes! Alvarez’s impact and legacy was beyond her age, and our time. Her impact and legacy is not only here in the U.S but also in the Dominican Republic. Alvarez is not defined by her awards but the awards that Alvarez won were huge. Alvarez did not win many she only won one for her novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents which was the National Medal of Arts which is an award created by the United States Congress in 1984. This is the highest honor given to the arts that one individual can receive. It is awarded by the the President of the United States to those who have earned special recognition by their outstanding contributions to the arts. There are 12 recipients a year, Alvarez got awarded in 2013 because of “her extraordinary storytelling. In poetry and in prose, Ms. Alvarez explores themes of identity, family, and cultural divides. She illustrates the complexity of navigating two worlds and reveals the human capacity for strength in the face of oppression” (“Julia Alvarez”). This novel will leave you changed because how well Alvarez connections to real life. Alvarez also “served as a panelist, consultant, and editor, as a judge for literary awards such as the PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award” (“Pen/Newman”). The Pen/Newman’s Own First Amendment is an “award presented annually to a U.S resident who fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applies to the written word” (“Pen/Newman”). Alvarez work is read all over the world and her work is beyond
Julia Alvarez knocked socks off of hundreds of american and Dominican Republic lives by her novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, which was published in 1991 but the book starts in 1960 in New York, The novel is “told in reverse chronological order and narrated from shifting perspectives(“Alvarez,Julia.”ProQuest). The Garcia girls are first introduced in the novel when they have established lives at age 30 and goes through their experience of having to go from a small island in the Dominican Republic when they were kids and then having to grow up in New York city. This novel is based on the difficulties of having to flee the country where you grew up for the last 10 years to a new place. Somewhere they don't even …show more content…
Yes! Alvarez’s impact and legacy was beyond her age, and our time. Her impact and legacy is not only here in the U.S but also in the Dominican Republic. Alvarez is not defined by her awards but the awards that Alvarez won were huge. Alvarez did not win many she only won one for her novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents which was the National Medal of Arts which is an award created by the United States Congress in 1984. This is the highest honor given to the arts that one individual can receive. It is awarded by the the President of the United States to those who have earned special recognition by their outstanding contributions to the arts. There are 12 recipients a year, Alvarez got awarded in 2013 because of “her extraordinary storytelling. In poetry and in prose, Ms. Alvarez explores themes of identity, family, and cultural divides. She illustrates the complexity of navigating two worlds and reveals the human capacity for strength in the face of oppression” (“Julia Alvarez”). This novel will leave you changed because how well Alvarez connections to real life. Alvarez also “served as a panelist, consultant, and editor, as a judge for literary awards such as the PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award” (“Pen/Newman”). The Pen/Newman’s Own First Amendment is an “award presented annually to a U.S resident who fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applies to the written word” (“Pen/Newman”). Alvarez work is read all over the world and her work is beyond