chicks. Soto had three chicks in his back yard that he was raising. He seemed fascinated by the way they just pecked around his back yard‚ blinked rapidly‚ and slept standing up. The chicks used to crawl on his shoes. He thought it was cute until one of the chicks defecated on his shoe. That angered Gary and he kicked sand in the chicks eyes. He immediately felt bad after what he had just done. This is the part of the story that made me laugh. It made me laugh because as the chapter went on‚ Gary became
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When people are faced with the problematic decision between right and wrong‚ and have chosen the wrong decision‚ they often battle the guilt that eats away at them afterwards. In an excerpt from his autobiographical narrative‚ A Summer Life‚ Gary Soto looks back into his past when six year old self committed a theft. He achieves a humorous telling of the story due to the new perspective that he has as an adult through the use of similes‚ imagery‚ and personification. Upon finishing the stolen
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main subject. Promising himself that he was going to make Teresa‚ a girl he had a crush on‚ his girl this year‚ was his main goal. Therefore he had decided to have French‚ for Teresa also had French‚ also hoping he had other classes with her as well. (Soto 1) Victor was stoked and excited for French class‚ but at the same time wanted to impress Teresa. After first period‚ Victor attempted to “accidentally” bump into Teresa by waiting until after she left the homeroom to leave at the same time. When Teresa
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October 20 ‚2010 “Seventh Grade” By Gary Soto Personal Response When your in seventh grade‚sometimes it can be confusing and you might struggle. Gary Soto shows us that when your in seventh grade‚ sometimes it can be difficult. In seventh grade‚ you will learn new things. Some new things you learn might be very interesting. Some things might be challenging. Some things might not be so challenging. Seventh grade sometimes is easy‚ but most of the time it’s difficult. When your a student
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bad or considered lower than your own moral standards. Gary Soto revives his childhood sin of stealing a pie from the local market by using literary devices such as imagery‚ diction‚ and religious contrasting. He parallels his holy upbringing with his heinous sin and uses imagery to bring his guilt to life. Soto’s use of diction and imagery assists him to arouse the reader’s sense of guilt‚ which is an emotion most people possess. Soto identifies the character’s awareness of guilt with unsteadiness
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want to live in that way‚ because the reality as Gary Soto show us is very different and difficult‚ and in the other hand as Coontz explain the ideal of this perfect family represented in the 50s generate more nostalgic and desire of any other idea if family lived in other decade. The perfect family is different of the real family in that the perfect family live in a scenario in which are no major problems with a very structured routine as Gary Soto explain‚ living a life which is not affected by
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Cited: Soto‚ Gary. "Looking for Work." Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing. By Gary Colombo‚ Robert Cullen‚ and Bonnie Lisle. Boston‚ MA: Bedford/St. Martins‚ 2010. 49-51. Print. Gerstel‚ Naomi‚ and Natalia Sarkisian. "The Color of Family Ties: Race‚ Class‚ Gender‚ and Extended Family Involvement." Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing. Ed. Gary Colombo‚ Robert Cullen‚ and Bonnie Lisle. Boston
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traditional family. Imposing the myth of the ideal family‚ which the media depicts as white‚ semi-rich and happy with “…no rifts…” (Soto 29) is what negatively impacts society because no one should set a standard on what a family should be like. As a result of this misconception‚ the ideal family has become the ultimate goal for couples who want the best for their children. Take Gary Soto’s “Looking for Work‚” and picture an eight year old Mexican-American boy‚ who felt the need to change his family because
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handful of people relish. Between the colder sharper weather‚ the continuous darkening of the sky‚ and the shorter days and longer nights‚ who can blame us? These are not the only things that I think of when the onslaught of fall is upon us‚ however. Gary Soto reminds me of the wish for a better‚ more sophisticated existence‚ when I read “Looking for Work.” The reading reminds me that the joys of summer that are long coming to an end are brought not by experiencing summer throughout the whole year‚ but
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segregation laws were still in place. Mebane wrote this piece because she “wanted to show what it was like to live under legal segregation before the civil rights act of 1964” (Mebane‚ 167). On the other hand‚ the essay “Like Mexicans” written by Gary Soto‚ the author expresses how is to growing up in the ‘barrio’ and makes a comparison between two different cultures. Even though: “The Back of the Bus” and “Like Mexicans” are although different because of segregation and differences of cultures‚ they
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