The speaker in "Tepeyac" by Sandra Cisneros the story describes‚ in present tense‚ a typical weekday evening spent in Mexico in the past.City where she lives or is staying with her grandparents. The story is first person‚ the setting is northern part of Mexico City at a market (plaza) and the two vocabulary I picked from the story is arabesque and sastreria. The vocabulary word definitions are sastreria is tailor’s shop‚ and arabesque means branch out in complex‚ intertwining lines. So the plot or
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In the story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros is a story told as from the eyes of an eleven year old girl. The narrator at times‚ gives the reader the feeling you are really reading a story written by an eleven girl and not a grown woman. One can tell this by the author’s word choices throughout the story. Like the narrator repeatedly uses the word “stupid”‚ which to me is a word an eleven year old would really use. As she describes multiple things as “stupid”‚ such as describing her classmate Sylvia
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In the novel “Eleven”‚ by Sandra Cisneros‚ she writes a powerful piece about Rachel’s eleventh birthday and the struggle she had to go through on her important day. As most see their birthday to be a joyful experience‚ Rachel fights for her maturity and age to be shown and understood but fails. When she turns eleven she felt as if all the other ages did not go away such as the layers of an onion. Each year a new layer is added and while she displays her immaturity from her younger ages she still
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In Sandra Cisneros’ short story “Eleven‚” Rachel’s transition into adolescence is filled with anxiety and conflict‚ though she understands that the experience it brings will help her deal with difficult situations. Her building anxiety becomes more apparent after Mrs. Price accuses her of owning the red sweater; she is unsure of how to respond to her teacher‚ and as a result she suddenly feels “sick inside‚ like the part of [her] that’s three wants to come out of [her] eyes” (Cisneros 35). The red
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Have you ever been so scared or nervous that you just stop and cry? In the story ¨Eleven¨ by Sandra Cisneros a scared‚ shy 11 year old girl gets stood up by her mean old teacher in front of all of her classmates. Did I mention it was her birthday? Yes she got stood up by Mrs.Price on her birthday. But Rachel never seemed to want to put herself out in the open. She was always either too scared to talk or she got cut off but whatever the cause may be always be willing to put yourself out in the open
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The story Eleven written by Sandra Cisneros is about a girl whose birthday was spoiled all because she did not stand up for herself. The theme of this story is how it is important to be confident and stand up for who you are. In the beginning of the story Mrs.Price Rachel’s teacher‚ asked who’s sweater is this? Rachel the main character does not say anything or that it Isn’t hers. By not speaking up shows that she is afraid of speaking up in front of the class. If Rachel would have said something
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"BREAD" SANDRA CISNEROS I question whether these two people in the story are having an affair‚ back together after a divorce‚ or whatever? Something as simple as bread can lead to that answer. The bread is much like their relationship‚ actually exactly like it. "We were hungry. We went into a Bakery on Grand Avenue and bought bread. Filled the backseat. The whole car smelled of bread. Big sourdough loaves shaped like a fat ass"(Cisneros 84). It was an affair. They were lusting each other and finally
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Daughter”‚ the author Sandra Cisneros expresses her struggles as being the only daughter in a Mexican family of six sons and how these facts have affected her life and made her the person she is today. Sandra Cisneros mentions “I am the only daughter in a family of six sons. That explains everything.” Being the only girl in a large family has‚ in a way‚ forced Sandra to spend time alone with herself because Sandra’s brothers would not spend time with Sandra. This allowed Sandra to spend more time thinking
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Have you ever struggled on standing up for yourself? Sometimes people don’t have the courage to stand up for themselves when challenged with problems. In the story “ Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros‚ the main character‚ Rachel‚ is faced with many challenges that she doesn’t face at school and challenges that she doesn’t face with her fellow classmates. For example‚ Rachel loses herself when challenged by her teacher‚ Mrs. Price. So there was an ugly old sweater that had been sitting in the locker room
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people who we look up to is a basin human instinct. The narrative‚ "Only Daughter" by Sandra Cisneros‚ shows us readers how no encouragement and acceptance can determine how a persons life may turn out. Cisneros’s challenges affect her life in so many ways‚ but it shapes her to the wonderful writer she is today. The narrative‚ "Only Daughter" by Sandra Cisneros‚ is about being the only daughter out of six boys. Cisneros informs us how she felt left out because her father would tell others he was the
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