Judith Ortiz Cofer's 'Check An Island Like You'

 Yee Yee it’s my essay  Check this An Island Like You, by Judith Ortiz Cofer is about a bunch of teens who live in the barrio of New Jersey. The short stories you read throughout the book will show you how they come of age and learn values and connect to their heritage. One theme that I like is be thankful for those who keep bad influence away. This theme is portrayed in the stories of bad influences and catch the moon. "Bad Influence" details a summer in the life of a young Puerto Rican girl from Paterson, New Jersey. In keeping with the other stories in the collection, "Bad Influence" speaks to topics specific to young Puerto Rican Americans, while addressing issues universal to young people. At fifteen, Rita, the narrator, is at odds with the world of her Puerto Rican grandparents, whose eccentric, old-fashioned ways strike her as ridiculous. A typical teenager, she is hypercritical of the adults around her, and finds them invasive and disrespectful of her boundaries. Rita has been sent to the island to stay with her grandparents to keep her out of trouble with boys. Initially she is brutally
He was immediately attracted to her and looked very familiar. He realized she had been at his mother’s funeral, this brought up memories of his mother before her death. That night his father allowed him to take the car out, while driving around Luis found himself thinking about his mother and becoming very emotional. He parked the car and started crying, to his surprise he had parked in front of Naomi's house and she was drawing a picture of him. It showed him holding up the hubcap. I feel as if Naomi's picture was him reaching for the moon or a star which can be interpreted as him being able to reach any goal as long as he puts forth the effort. Right away he went to the junkyard determined to find her hubcap. After searching long and hard he found her match and brought it to her