The transition was difficult- a shift in monetary situation, language, and a loss of family. "The feeling of loss caused a radical change in me. It made me an introverted [shy, withdrawn] little girl." said Alvarez, but her newfound secludedness may not have been as horrible as it seemed ("Julia Alvarez Biography"). Alvarez found comfort in both writing and reading- an enthusiasm that determined her success and hobbies that offered an escape to her seemingly “double life”. Feminist writer Lucia Suarez explains, “ Latina writers must invent themselves as they negotiate their double cultural affiliations: Latin America and North America. These two national identities are further complicated by the multiple layers of ethnic and racial, cultural and genetic histories, which may include African, White, European, and/or indigenous” (Suarez, 117). Regardless of her complicated home life, Alvarez continued to attend school and eventually entered Middlebury College in Vermont, where received her bachelor of the arts degree and proceeded her writing
The transition was difficult- a shift in monetary situation, language, and a loss of family. "The feeling of loss caused a radical change in me. It made me an introverted [shy, withdrawn] little girl." said Alvarez, but her newfound secludedness may not have been as horrible as it seemed ("Julia Alvarez Biography"). Alvarez found comfort in both writing and reading- an enthusiasm that determined her success and hobbies that offered an escape to her seemingly “double life”. Feminist writer Lucia Suarez explains, “ Latina writers must invent themselves as they negotiate their double cultural affiliations: Latin America and North America. These two national identities are further complicated by the multiple layers of ethnic and racial, cultural and genetic histories, which may include African, White, European, and/or indigenous” (Suarez, 117). Regardless of her complicated home life, Alvarez continued to attend school and eventually entered Middlebury College in Vermont, where received her bachelor of the arts degree and proceeded her writing