Nopalitos Chapter 6 Summary

Reading chapter six I was intrigued by two approaches of interpreting folklore, so I decided to do both. Beginning with, Functionalism, the way we use folklore to share values and information amongst the group. After reading Nopalitos, I began to write about my earliest childhood memory of my favorite breakfast dish. After writing my poem (well, my attempt at writing a poem) I began to think about how these two texts could convey information to our Hispanic group. The sharing of information, not necessarily instructional norm, but still a cultural norm. What I mean to say is that I might not figure out how to prepare and cook nopalitos from her poem, but it does share the cultural experience. Especially, because some of us Hispanics have