England in the late 1800’s. This is a short story about a magical Monkey’s Paw that can grant three wishes. They wished for 200 pounds‚ It ended up taking the son’s life. They wished him back to life‚ then back to the grave again. Aunty Misery is by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ it takes place in a rural village in the past. This folktale is about Aunty Misery and her pear tree. She is granted a wish and makes her tree capture people who try to steal pears off of it. Senor Death ends up getting trapped in the tree
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The quinceanera is the coming of age traditions for young women of Mexico and central american countries. Before Spaniards arrived‚ tribes such as the Inca‚ Maya‚ Toltec‚ and Aztec celebrated similar initiation ceremonies where at the age of fifteen girls were
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The short stories “Catch the Moon” and “ The Bass the River and Sheila Mant‚” have many similarities. “Catch the Moon” is written by Judith Ortiz Cofer and is about Luis‚ a juvenile delinquent. Luis fights with his anger after his mothers death and usually finds himself in trouble. In “The Bass the River and Sheila Mant‚” the author‚ W.D. Wetherell‚ the narrator finds himself having to choose between his real love and an illusion of love. Luis struggles to find ways to deal with his mothers death
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be discussing a form of literature known as essays. An essay is an exceptional way for an author to convey an opinion‚ emotion‚ or personal experience. In this paper we will look at two essays that demand comparison; American History written by Judith Ortiz Cofer (1993)‚ and A Clack of Tiny Sparks: Remembrances of a Gay Boyhood written by Bernard Cooper (1991). The two works of literature seem so different on the outside‚ yet upon further analysis one can begin to notice many similarities making
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way they celebrate births and weddings‚ to the way they mourn death‚ and everything in between. Such questions include “Who baptized you? What did you wear on your wedding? Who is the head of your household? What type of food did you eat at your Quinceanera?” In addition to my using my own personal questions to unearth the mystery behind the Mexican American family cultural traditions‚ I also relied on the book Mexican American Family Tradition and Change by Norma Williams. In it she presents readers
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people and how to achieve such a high level of quality in life highlighting certain qualities and aspects such as loving and belongingness‚ and whether people choose to follow those concepts. Both those topics can be seen in an advertisement for quinceanera ballrooms and it’s hard to see it for what it really is at first‚ but after reviewing all topics together‚ readers and consumers can see the advertisement for what it really is and see that it’s just trying to
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Stereotypes are conventional and oversimplified conceptions and opinion that can create tough misconception of certain people which most of the times turns out harsh and harmful. Brent Staples in “Just Walk On By” and Judith Ortiz Cofer in “THE MYTH OF A LATIN WOMAN. I Just Met A Girl Name Maria “ Both had experiences of being stereotyped even though they had different experiences in different situations and incidents it has the same concept. They were both stereotyped as d someone else. Staples
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background‚ social order‚ religion‚ nationality‚ and even gender. People stereotype due to many reasons. Some do it for fun‚ others do it to explain something about what they saw or heard‚ while some do it out of innocence or ignorance. In the essay by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria‚ the young man called the lady Maria but he did it out of the innocence. Although he didnt mean any harm‚ the Puerto Rican girl resented the stereotype. People think that all women
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Mexican‚ and we have unique customs. One‚ for young girls‚ is called quinceanera‚ or sweet fifteen. During the Aztec period women were treated as second-class citizens‚ unimportant except for bearing children. When the Spanish conquered the Aztecs‚ they brought new customs. One was that young women at age 15 had to choose between a life of marriage and a life dedicated to God. Today‚ some traditions have changed‚ and now quinceaneras means a young woman is presented by her parents to the community
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Cultural Misinterpretations A stereotype is a predisposed idea about a group of people based on limited information you have heard or seen and assumed to be true about every individual in that group. In “Don’t Call Me a Hot Tamale‚” Judith Ortiz Cofer describes how being Puerto Rican affects her every day. People make rude comments about her‚ based on her ethnicity‚ and without knowing her. Cofer describes how she was stereotyped in different situations. From being compared to a Latina character
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