Yet we never did make that connection. Instead we found it best to try and act as though we knew what a functional family was as though we were doing a bad game of Simon Says. As Gary Soto recalls from his childhood‚ “I tried to convince them that if we improved the way we looked we might get along better in life” (Soto‚ 29). That was the way my fake family was. We knew the meaning of values‚ but in reality we did not put them into practice‚ whether it be out of laziness or simple antagonism for
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We have all gone through phases in life‚ just like the author of the poem “Behind Grandma’s House.” The poem takes us back to a alley way with a 10 year old boy with a comb in his hair acting all tough‚ until he gets caught red handed by his grandma. It was a significant moment in the author’s life. He is showing the readers how his experience of acting invisible and acting tough‚ backfired on him because his grandma heard him and taught him a lesson. The poem is powerful in showing that everyone
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Relationships Have you ever been in a relationship There are all kinds of them.”Amigo Brothers” is by Piri Thomas and “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto‚”amigo Brothers” is about two friends that grew up together and are boxers and find out they have to fight each other in the ring.and”Seventh Grade” is about a boy named Victor has a crush on a girl.Both stories have some form relationships friendship in “Amigo Brothers” and love is “Seventh Grade”. Relationships are really cool there are all kinds of
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Gary Soto’s reflections on his childhood efforts of improving his working-class family are humorous and entertaining‚ yet show the flaws in the era of the family. Fueled by TV shows such as Leave it to Beaver‚ young Gary wanted to make his Mexican-American household more like the idealistic “nuclear families” that he seen on television. However‚ achieving that appealing lifestyle of the white middle-class families proved to be very difficult; especially for families like Soto’s‚ who didn’t fit that
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For The Love Of The Game The poem‚ "Black Hair by Gary Soto describes a boy who had and probably still has a love and passion for baseball. Many images throughout this poem support this fact. For example‚ "In the bleachers I was brilliant with my body‚ waving players in and stomping my feet‚" "His crouch the one I assumed before an alter of worn baseball cards in my room‚" and " in my mind I rounded the bases with him‚ my face flared‚ my hair lifting/Beautifully‚" show how much he loves the
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Gary Soto’s "A Red Palm" 2004 When a person hears the title "A Red Palm" there are many things that come to mind. One could either think of a red palm tree‚ or more realistically‚ the strained palm of ones hand. After just reading through this poem a person feels as if they begin to know the man who is spoken about. One can relate to him because most Americans work very hard for a living. Similarly‚ most Americans do not work hard because they enjoy it‚ but work hard because they feel the need
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Have you ever wanted to be good at something‚ but you couldn’t figure out how and you just wanted to quit?This is how Lupe Medrano felt in the story “Marble Champ” by Gary Soto.Lupe is good at everything‚chess‚spelling bees straight A’s‚perfect attendance‚and she even has her own shelf in her room built for all of her awards that she had won.The only things she had never won at were sports.She tried to beg her body to run as fast as the other girls‚but she could never do it.Then one day she wanted
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it says “Sometimes when we let our fears get us down”‚ I can say more because it just not facts I can write in my lead. E: Exactly. Did you also notice that she included the author and name of the text she was writing about- The Marble Champ by Gary Soto H: [Nods] E: She did so that if her readers are really drawn to the story and want to read more about the literary text they have all the details to help them
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Baseball In April When you love something would you give up if there was a tiny obstacle in your way? I know I wouldn’t. In the short narrative “Baseball in April” in the book Baseball In April by Gary Soto‚ a boy named Jesse is determined to get better at baseball‚ a sport that both his brother and him love. Even though Jesse isn’t that good he sticks with the game and overcomes all the challenges he faced. In this story Jesse shows you to Never give up at something you love.
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How does the author explore the effect of the murder upon the residents of both houses? “The House Behind”‚ is about two different houses and the events that occur‚ that affect those that were involved in the incident including everyone else around it. The narrator in the story is a resident of the house behind and observes the occurrences there. The two houses are of very different economic standing‚ one is very wealthy and the other is very poor. The story explains their relations with each
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