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    Arman Medina Jessica S. Furth ENC 1101 Thursday‚ August 28‚ 2014 A Road to Womanhood A Quinceañera is every Latin girls’ road to womanhood. No matter what the cost behind the gaudy extravaganza may be‚ it somehow finds itself to be overshadowed by the tradition that follows it. For this special occasion it may entail an exuberant party to make the quiñced attain the confidence of young woman much like a first communion or confirmation‚ but without a price tag. For some‚ this time might be

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    a kind of assimilation which hides the disfavored identities in order to blend into the mainstream. However‚ using too much of false selves damages authenticity. Another author‚ Julia Alvarez‚ who writes “Once Upon A Quinceañera”‚ discusses the different aspects of Hispanic cultural quince for the 15 year old girl. Alvarez argues the whole quince is like a little practical wedding and it’s doesn’t show any power of woman at all. Quince is not assimilation and restricts Hispanic women with cultural

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    Woman’s Work Julia Alvarez’s poem Woman’s Work is about the relationship between mother and daughter through the work that each performs. Julia Alvarez tells a story from the point of view of the daughter‚ now a grown woman remembering her childhood. After reading this poem there are a few interpretations that one can make of Julia Alvarez’s thoughts and feelings about the relationship she had with her own mother‚ or the relationship between a mother and daughter‚ as the mother instructs her daughter

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    America Culture in the Stories of Julia Alvarez and Jose Burciaga [pic] [pic] Julia Alvarez Jose Antonio Burciaga March 27‚ 1950 to present 1940 - 1996 Pedro Aguayo Research paper May 26‚ 2010 Diluting Traditions: Adapting to America Culture in the Stories of Julia Alvarez and Jose Burciaga In “Hold the Mayonnaise” by Julia Alvarez and “I Remember Masa” by Jose Burciaga

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    The rhyme pattern “Bilingual The verse form “Bilingual Sestina” by Julia Alvarez lecture about the tactual sensation sensation you have when you have two whole new speech communication in your head. The spoken communication is about identity and a glimpse of what it’s like to be bilingualist‚ and blended at the same snip . Having to learn two linguistic summons‚ in two Polish are ultimately mixed together‚ changed on both position. For example “Gladys‚ I summon you vertebral column spinal anesthesia

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    Julia Alvarez and Cathy Song both convey the life of an immigrant and how they are a symbol of their cultures when discovering a new lifestyle in the United States. Even though both poems being set in the past‚ they have stories that the reader can relate to today. Whilst the authors portray the search for identity‚ they articulate the reason to leave their home‚ write in different formats‚ but have similar themes. Alvarez and Song show the reasoning of why the characters left their homes‚ but these

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    Love over words Julia Alvarez knocked socks off of hundreds of american and Dominican Republic lives by her novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents‚ which was published in 1991 but the book starts in 1960 in New York‚ The novel is “told in reverse chronological order and narrated from shifting perspectives(“AlvarezJulia.”ProQuest). The Garcia girls are first introduced in the novel when they have established lives at age 30 and goes through their experience of having to go from a small

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    In Julia Alvarez’s speech “Entre Lucas y Juan Mejia”‚ She start explaining the challenges we faced as an immigrant. She said‚ “As an immigrant‚ you leave behind an old world and enter into a new world in which the old ways no longer apply” (1). In my opinion as an immigrant I can related to this quote‚ because when I came to United States I felt that I entered in a completely new world. In which I had to start a new life with a different language and culture. Also‚ Julia Álvarez mentioned the challenges

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    The “Revered” Dictator “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” (Andre Gide) In the novel‚ In the Time of the Butterflies‚ written by Julia Alvarez‚ four sisters are led through a risk infested journey in which they must overcome hindrances with hollow consequences. This historical fiction novel takes us through a rollercoaster of events‚ incorporating everything from the partialities towards women‚ to life below the oppressive administration of the

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    In the Time of the Butterflies Julia Alvarez Published by Plume‚ a division of Penguin Books USA Inc. 1994 325 Pages Although it is a novel of fiction‚ the historical facts that are mentioned in the novel‚ In the Time of the Butterflies written by Julia Alvarez‚ come alive through the lens of four courageous sisters pushing reformations for all. Living as a prosperous farming family in the city of Ojo de Agua in the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1960‚ the Mirabal family was

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