Michelle Cacho-Negrete's Essay Tell Me Something
When I first read the title of this essay, my first impression was that this essay was going to be a more personal narrative filled with uncertainty. My prediction came true, as I was reading this essay I became empathetic toward the main character’s post-partum haze. Michelle Cacho-Negrete fills the narrative with uncertainty and ethical questions directed at the reader. Most of the questions are pertaining the Vietnam, something that was extremely controversial during the time. Additionally, when the brother of the narrator dies, the narrator is evident going through denial and questioning her own sense of morality which is the main reason for the title, “Tell Me Something.” The title is purposeful in reflecting the thesis of the essay which