In contrast‚ the main difference of the two is the authors approach. “Abuela Invents the Zero” is realistic fiction‚ whereas “Gombei and the Wild ducks” has a literary genre of folktale. The first author‚ Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ chose to write “Abuela Invents the Zero” as a short story and is considered to have a genre of a realistic fiction. According to Cofer‚ “So we go to Kennedy to get la abuela and she is the last to come off the airplane…” (465). This piece of evidence shows that the story has
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talks about the way people see him. The reason being he is African American and within his neighborhood people see him as a mugger‚ rapist‚ or worse than the two. He is also discriminated and stereotyped because of his race and his skin color. In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s essay “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” she explains how people stereotyped Latin people and herself for the way they dressed‚ their education‚ and the way they were viewed just by watching a movie. Also their
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Gender View of War Comparing Richard Lovelace’s poem “Song: To Lucasta‚ Going to Wars” and Judith Ortiz Cofer’s poem “The Changeling” is almost like comparing apples to oranges because the poems are written by poets from different eras‚ countries‚ and genders. Lovelace’s poem is written from a young 1640’s Englishman’s point of view whereas Cofer’s poem is from a young 1990’s Puerto Rican girl’s perspective. Although the poets are from two different cultures there are still congruent conceptions
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Life in the Age of the Mimi’s and El Olvido Have you ever forgotten a tradition? In the texts “Life in the Age of the Mimi’s” by Domingo Martinez and “El Olvido” by Judith Ortiz Cofer show that breaking tradition isn’t always good. In “Life in the Age of the Mimi’s” the theme was “changing one’s identity can cause rebelling against one’s tradition.” The theme for “El Olvido” was “it can be dangerous to forget tradition and start rebelling.” These themes are similar because they both are saying a
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In the essay‚ “The Myth of the Latin Woman: Just Met a Girl Named Maria; Judith Ortiz Cofer describes three experiences about racist stereotypes‚ towards Hispanic and Latin women‚ happened in her daily life. In fact‚ stereotypes are common to see throughout the history of human development. When asked about how can we solve this problem indeed‚ people are always silent and lack of ideas. As an educated one‚ Cofer can at least have a voice for defending herself and the group of Latinas. For myself
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In the essay‚ “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Marìa”‚ Judith Ortiz Cofer explained that “[a]t Puerto Rican festivities‚ neither the music nor the colors we wore could be too loud”(252). Many different cultures have many different ways of dressing. For example‚ in Pakistan girls wear “shalwar kameez.” (Which is
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Valor Close Reading Assignment The author of Valor is Judith Ortiz Cofer. Judith was born in Hormigueros‚ Puerto Rico. She soon after moved to New Jersey and then later of Georgia. She claims that her experiences helped inspire her work. She said‚ “How can you inject passion and purpose into your work if it has no roots?” She also tells that she comes for a long blood line of storytellers who also influenced her at a young age. Some of her publications are: The Line of the Sun‚ A Love Story Beginning
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signals have perpetuated certain stereotypes…” (626). I agree with the author‚ there are many people who are prejudice or stereotypical toward Latin Americans. Many innuendos are that I am a “sexual firebrand…‚” such as “Hot Tamale…” A. The author Judith Ortiz Cofer’s purpose seems to be about making people aware that not everyone in an ethnic group is alike. B. The author’s goal of this essay is to show the ethnic differences and to make people aware how they are disrespectful of other cultures
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Volar In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s essay “Volar”‚ the author describes that both her and her mother dreams of being able to fly. The author portrays the problems faced by many immigrant families‚ and shows the reason why they want to fly. She also shows her and her mother’s secret desire through their dreams. The author’ obsession with superheroes is her desire to fit in to the culture where she lives. The author shows that she with tight curls and skinny arm and legs is not happy with
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In the short story’s‚ “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Shelia Mant” written by W.D Wetherall and “Catch the Moon” written by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ the two main characters realize who they truly are by the end of the story. In “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Shelia Mant the narrator is in love with a girl he meets at his cottage in the summer. The narrator describes her in the story as “There was a summer in my life when the only creature that seemed lovelier to me than a largemouth bass was Sheila Mant.”The story
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