Ghost from the Nursery: A Book Review by Claudia Claudia Quezada-Commerford FSHS 305 Kansas State University Ghost from the Nursery: A Book Review by Claudia In the ‘Ghost from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence’‚ the authors set out with the goal to make readers aware of the importance of the first period of a child’s life. They are seeking to explain the rise of violence in the United States‚ with children being the fastest growing criminal population. The authors
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Essay Nonfiction Story In the short story Lessons of love‚ from Silent Dancing by Judith Ortiz Cofer; she uses literary devises to send the purpose of her love story. Cofer’s many literary devices where that of detail‚ simile‚ and personification to emphasize her message and the lessons she learned from her experiences. The use of Cofer’s simile being added helped the reader see better the description of the Italian guy. She mentions “He looked extraordinary like a young Marlon Brando – down
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elements of our society: friends‚ place‚ and education. We reflect what we think it is correct in the opinions of others. This idea is expanded and explained in two essays: "The Story of My Body" written by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ and "Never Just Pictures" by Susan Bordo. In the first essay‚ Cofer suggest that our body plays an essential role in our social life. The differences of race‚ color‚ and size can create many uncomfortable situations in our adolescence. She tells us the story of her body and
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which helped 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
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defying stereotypes. Author Judith Ortiz Cofer uses a personal narrative essay to tell the story of the life of a Hispanic girl trying to assimilate herself while still holding on to her culture and traditions. By analyzing the different parts of this essay such as the narration mode‚ cause and effect model‚ the descriptive mode‚ and the language‚ we can understand better understand the essay.
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In Abuela Invents the Zero by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ Constancia meets her grandmother for the first time‚ which leads to her being ashamed of being with her grandmother because she acts and dresses differently; that makes Abuela very sad that her grandmother. The theme is given people with the utmost respect‚ or you will lose the respect from the other person. To begin‚ the main character named Constancia and her family picks up her Abuela. Constancia’s mother tells her about the stories of her mother
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adolescence. Children are judged by if one is ‘wearing glasses‚ they must be smart’ or ‘one is tall so they must play volleyball.’ Society should not judge a child based on their looks especially since they have not developed their identity. Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ author of “The Story of My Body” published in The Latin Deli in 1993‚ shares her story of dealing with self-image and finding her identity‚ "My skin color‚ my size and my appearance were variables - things that were judged according to my current
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In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “First Love”‚ the speaker is opportunistic and infatuated. The narrator is opportunistic because she did not let a sense of morality stop her from taking advantage of whatever opportunity she had to get what she wants. Simply because the narrator wanted a mere glimpse of her crush who worked at a grocery store‚ she hoped her mother “[smoking] with so little enthusiasm”(Cofer 1) did not mean that she’d have to stop going to the store to pick up cigarettes. The narrator did
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rights‚ liberty‚ opportunity‚ and equality have attracted bees from all over mother Earth. But the nectar from this well-blossomed flower may not be sweet enough for all alien bees. With every bee having a story to tell‚ the story ‘Volar’ by Judith Ortiz Cofer has a generalized story of all the immigrant bees. A story which suggests all bees are attracted to a rose for its beauty yet the taste of Heliconia flower will always remain within. Volar is a story about a mother
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The assignment I chose to revise is my literary analysis of Judith Ortiz Cofers The Story of My Body. I have made some local‚ but mostly global revisions to the paper‚ as well as addressed some of the feedback made by the instructor. The local revisions include: making complete sentences‚ rearranging words. For global revisions‚ I rewrote the conclusion‚ broke a paragraph into two‚ and as suggested by the instructor I added more analysis and connection to the young girl. In the first paragraph
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