the two is the authors approach. “Abuela Invents the Zero” is realistic fiction‚ whereas “Gombei and the Wild ducks” has a literary genre of folktale. The first author‚ Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ chose to write “Abuela Invents the Zero” as a short story and is considered to have a genre of a realistic fiction. According to Cofer‚ “So we go to Kennedy to get la abuela and she is the last to come off the airplane…” (465). This piece of evidence shows that the story has airplanes and it is in modern times. This
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In the short story‚ A Clean Well-Lighted Place‚ by Ernest Hemingway we see conversation between two waiters that work at an all night cafe. While they are working always every night a deaf drunken suicidal man comes to the cafe to countuin to booze leaving the younger waiter in pure anger because he claims to have more important things to go like go home to his wife than to pour more brandy for man. While on the other hand the older waiter is no rush to leave the cafe because they have no reason
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"An Hour with Abuelo" by J.O. Cofer shows some of the many hardships of life. In the beginning Arturo says "my mother wants me to to spend some time with him‚ since the doctors say that he doesn’t have too long to go now" (Cofer 592) (they are talking about his grandfather)‚ this shows that his grandfather is going to die very soon and he wants to spend his last moments with family. In the middle of the story Arturo says "his children‚ including my mother‚ came to New York and New Jersey (where I
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experiences‚ and the expectations of life that are instilled in people throughout childhood and beyond are what distinguishes and molds that person ’s views on the world. Take‚ for example‚ Judith Ortiz- Cofer ’s essay about a Puerto Rican girl raised to grasp her femininity. The essay is written through Ortiz-Cofer ’s first hand perspective. The woman is brought up in a Latin culture and goes through different situations through childhood which lead her to expectations of how the world will perceive her. In
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While perhaps there are as many different conclusions reached about growing up as there are pieces of literature revolving around the subject‚ two works in particular offer transitional tales that depict vastly different narratives. Judith Ortiz Cofer in her poem‚ Quinceanera‚ presents a dark and literal use of language to portray a raw and reluctant journey to womanhood‚ while in “My Back Pages” Bob Dylan more frequently utilizes figurative language to relay a sense that the anger and resentment
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Born July 21‚ 1899 to Dr. Clarence and Grace Hall Hemingway in Oak Park‚ Illinois‚ Ernest Miller Hemingway would later become one of the most famous American writers in history. He achieved and experienced everything one can imagine within 62 years of life‚ from surviving plane crashes all the way to winning Nobel prizes. He was and is known not only for his fantastic writing‚ but for his service during World War I‚ interesting points of view and exotic lifestyle. Hemingway’s religious views‚ World
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Summary Gauri Nada is an entrepreneur and her invention Clocky which as new generations of alarms which she considers to be the solution for the problem of waking-up in the morning. Nada’s product has reached the media and it have created buzz in the market. it has a coverage that many of the available products in the market can’t have it in such a free way. Consumers in the market are highly excited for this product and they also consider that it will fulfill their need regarding the issue of
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and encouraged Judith Ortiz Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ gain the strength and confidence as she worked to prove that stereotypes about her‚ were strong. On first sight judgments‚ the audience can decide their attitude towards you. Society can live with them‚ we can just wait until that person proves himself or shows who he/she is. But the way modern society is now‚ it chooses not to. Because of it limits people’s confidence to do something such as Judith Ortiz Cofer and Wayson Choy. For example‚ even I judge
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the story. The meaning and information however can only be found by techniques or themes put into the story by the author himself. In “A Clean Well-Lighted Place”‚ the underlying message can be discovered through dialogue and the reoccurring theme of nada. First‚ Hemingway uses a strange technique of dialogue throughout his story which helps carry out his main points and also adds a sense of mystery in his writing. Readers can recognize that there seems to be a problem when it comes to assigning characters
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Instead of replacing her Puerto Rican bright colored dress code and accepting the American “tailored skirts and silk blouses” (592)‚ Cofer complains that she should not change the way she is and she is doing something about being stereotyped in America by reading her composed stories‚ poems‚ and her dreams around the U.S and her goal is to get the
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