of writing came from somewhere. Many authors got their root of ideas from aspects of their whole lives‚ just like Sandra Cisneros. Her ideas came from her childhood to her job in education influenced her novels. On December 20‚ 1954‚ Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago‚ Illinois. “As the only daughter in a family with six sons”‚ she was lonely in a room full of people‚ although Cisneros did have a sister but she died at a very young age West-Durán. Throughout her childhood‚ she was moving to different
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Caramelo By Sandra Cisneros The novel “Caramelo” by Sandra Cisneros deals with the issues of a young ¾ Mexican girl named Lala‚ who grows up with a father described as “traditional” and a mother described as “modern and tolerant” (grey box p. 44) In the first excerpt our main character‚ Lala‚ is in the car on the way to Mexico with her family. Before crossing the border‚ the kids sing title songs from American commercials and cartoons they remember. After passing the border “nobody feels like
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In this story‚ there are so many similes‚ however one that really stood out was the one quoted above. As I continue to go on with the story it amazes me how Sandra Cisneros‚ structures these sentences to make the readers more captivated. Reading this story once or just skimming through it‚ there would be no way to fully understand the deep meaning she is trying to reveal. For me‚ I personally had to reread the story a couple times to be able to catch all the similes and fully grasp the whole story
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establish a theme that American doesn’t mean born in the US. Okita’s text‚ "Response to Executive Order‚" talks about a fourteen year old girl and how she experiences and connects to American culture on a daily basis despite her Japanese descent. Cisneros’ text‚ "Mericans‚" focuses on a Spanish family set outside the US and speaks of how "barbaric" America is‚ yet they feel a connection to it. The thing that both these texts have in common is that they both address the basic theme that place of birth
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Life can be rough when you don’t stand up for yourself. In the story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros the main character Rachel has trouble in school on her birthday when the teacher Mrs. Price puts a sweater on her desk and mistakes it for Rachels. I believe the overall theme of this story explores being able to stand up for yourself. Being able to stand up for yourself is a big deal but Rachel won’t. At the start of “Eleven” Rachel doesn’t stand up for herself‚ and is very shy about telling the teacher
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Eleven A harsh and realistic tale telling of one of the cruelest realities of life. That’s what Sandra Cisneros’ “Eleven” is. To see life from the eyes of an eleven year old‚ even though it’s not a true child’s perspective‚ is a unique opportunity‚ especially when the child knows how to properly express one’s feelings in words. Cisneros expresses one of the key feelings that we share as human beings‚ that we are never smart‚ mature‚ or experienced enough to do what we need to do‚ like we are never
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Rachel’s character by Sandra Cisneros in “Eleven” is a very clever girl compared to her age; however‚ some people or even her peers might disaccord with it. In this passage‚ the author reiterates Rachel’s age several times‚ although the repetition of her age does not give the reader an affection of her being wiser and much older than her age. To tackle the feeling of Rachel being a dumb girl‚ Cisneros use of language‚ Imagery‚ and narrative all collaborates to make Rachel a well defined character
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Eleven or One hundred and Two? Sandra Cisneros’ short story “Eleven” describes a young girl that is at a loss for words when her teacher embarrasses her in front of the class. How does Rachel convey her feelings on Mrs. Price’s authority? Rachel says in the third paragraph that she wishes she was one hundred and two instead of eleven and in saying so she thinks that if she was that age she would have known the words to answer Mrs. Price when she made her put on the ugly sweater that was not hers
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“Response to Executive Order 9066” by Dwight Okita‚ and “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros were excellent stories to read. The theme American Identity really shined through when I read these stories. Although they are very different‚ they are also very similar. In the end it taught me that whatever cultural background you were from‚ or how you looked‚ it does not determine what being american means. "Response to executive order 9066" I feel like it talk about family‚but more of her friends family
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The writers Dwight Okita and Sandra Cisneros were very obviously influenced by many aspects of American culture. Both "In Response to Executive Order 9066" and "Mericans" authors Dwight Okita and Sandra Cisneros provide the topic of American identity and what it means to be an American. In Okita’s poem‚ American identity is more about how one experiences culture than it is about where someone comes from. Both the poem by Okita and the short story by Cisneros display that one’s physical appearances
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