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    Sandra Cisneros

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    Japanese-American Dwight Okita and Mexican-American Sandra Cisneros were both greatly influenced by US culture. Okita’s "Response to Executive Order 9066" and Cisneros’s "Mericans" establish topics of American identity and family relationships. Both Okita’s poem and Cisneros’s short story share themes that American identity comes from merging cultures and supporting one another is important in family relationships. In "Mericans" by author Sandra Cisneros‚ the first sign of American Identity in the short

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    Sandra Cisneros

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    Jacob Ledford Professor Vasconcelos Hammock English 1102M 21 January 2012 Sandra Cisneros Sandra Cisneros was born the daughter of a Mexican-American mother and a Mexican immigrant father. She grew up as the only daughter of a family of 7 children. The family frequently moved back and forth between Chicago and Mexico and she never had much time to settle anywhere. Cisneros graduated from Loyola University in 1976 with a bachelor’s degree in English and eventually went on to obtain her master’s

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    Sandra Cisneros

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    Kellman December 6‚ 2011 El Titulo‚ The Title: Translation in Sandra Cisneros’s Caramelo According to Bill Johnson Gonzales Through His Article “The Politics of Translation in Sandra Cisneros’s Caramelo: Translation‚ Defamiliarization‚ Ethics” Prologue: Memories‚ Recuerditos de la Guerita Normita‚ Como me Decían en Mexico A Reaction to Caramelo: Memories Repressed and Reborn Though I am aware that this is not a creative writing assignment‚ I cannot help but‚ at the very least‚ mention my personal experience

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    Sandra Cisneros

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    Sandra Cisneros‚ an award winning novelist base all of her short stories on the two cultures which she has grown up in and now call her heritage‚ American and Mexican. The merge of these two cultures play a significant role in the plot and setting of her stories. My Lucy friend who smells like corn‚ Eleven‚ Mexican Movies‚ Barbie Q and Mericans are just of few of Sandra stories in which she merges both the American and Mexican culture. In “My Lucy friend who smells like cheese‚” Cisneros describe

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    Sandra Cisneros

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    When I was young‚ I hated how my parents would treat me compared to my brothers. My parents where strict‚ you had to follow the rules or you were grounded‚ no exceptions‚ no excuses. My brothers rules were laid back but I had stricter rules and punishment. My brothers were put on a pedestal‚ while me being the only daughter was put on a different type of pedestal. Now that I am older‚ I understand and thankful that my parents were strict‚ because I wouldn’t be who I am today without those strict

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    Sandra Cisneros

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    Only Daughter Sandra Cisneros from Latina: Women’s Voices From the Borderlands. Edited by Lillian Castillo-Speed. New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster‚ 1995. Once‚ several years ago‚ when I was just starting out my writing career‚ I was asked to write my own contributor’s note for an anthology1 I was part of. I wrote: “I am the only daughter in a family of six sons. That explains everything.” Well‚ I’ve thought about that ever since‚ and yes‚ it explains a lot to me‚ but for the reader’s

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    Sandra Cisneros is a Mexican-American writer and poet. She uses many themes in her writing that reflect her style and life experiences such as coming of age and many more. Her unique and distinct writing styles include: vignettes‚ bilingualism‚ lack of a narrator‚ textual fragments‚ perspective switching and much more. Sandra Cisneros uses bilingualism in her writing. She often uses Spanish words instead of English words‚ or English words for Spanish words‚ sometimes a combination of both. She often

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    Eleven by Sandra Cisneros

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    Final Essay & Presentation ‘Eleven’ by Sandra Cisneros and ‘Mud’ by Maria Irene Fornes Thesis Date 2300 words Temidayo Ajayi University name Final Essay & Presentation A short story ‘Eleven’ by Sandra Cisneros dwells upon the memories of an eleven-year-old girl that spends her birthday at school and gets into a discomforting situation with her teacher because of her lack of confidence. In spite of the multiple colloquial phrases and childish

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    Myself By Sandra Cisneros

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    Every Woman Not for Herself Ms. Sandra Cisneros expresses the life message that "Family is a gift but for some women‚ it can be a burden and curse too"‚ through the characters Marin‚ Alicia‚ and Minerva in her series of vignettes called The House on Mango Street. In a near by apartment there lives a Puerto Rican family who has a cousin that "...can’t come out-gotta babysit with the Louie’s sisters...can meet someone in the subway who might marry you and take you to live in a big house far away.

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    remodeled after Sandra Cisneros writing‚ Eleven. This writing was something I feel very emotional about because during the time that we were writing these in Creative Writing I had experienced my first very bad anxiety attack. So‚ as a way to express all those emotions I poured them out into this writing. This is probably the first writing that I put all my emotions into so I feel very connected and proud of this piece. I feel like I have never put more work into a piece then this one because I wanted it

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