When I opened the book to read, I think it got my attention right away. The first few pages made me visualize a spanish family, all gathered for a special event.
They are probably rich, because they can afford maids and drivers.
"Let me tell you about the latest at my house," Tia Flor goes on. "The chauffeur was driving me to my novena yesterday. Suddenly the car jerks forward and dies, right there on the street. I'm alarmed, you know, the way things are, a big car stalled in the middle of the university barrio. I say, Cesar, what can it be? He scratches his head. I dont know, Dona Flor. A nice man stops to help, checks it all--and says, Why, señora, you're out of gas. Out of gas! Can you imagine?" Tia Flor shakes her head at Yolanda. "A chauffeur who can't keep a car in gasoline! Welcome home to your little island!" Grinning, she flips open her fan. Beautiful wild birds unfold their silver wings. (Alvarez, page 5)
Other then that, I picture a family with extremely rich culture and a family with A LOT of relatives that are visiting their home country.
In halting Spanish, Yolanda reports on her sisters. When she reverts to English, she is scolded,"¡En español!" The more she practices, the sooner she'll be back into her native tongue, the aunt insist. Yes, and when she returns to the States, she'll find herself suddenli going blank over some word in English or, like her mother, mixing up some common phrase. This time, however, Yolanda is not so sure she'll be going back. But that is a secret. (Alvarez, page 7)
-Michelle Xia (:
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I agree with everything that you wrote (: when she wanted to take the bus, her family was like, "NO WAY!! the BUS?!" & laughed at her; implying that they can do much better than that.
ReplyDeleteI agree with michelle and ange. (: When I was reading the passage, i visioned a big crowd of family members in the airport. when i realized that the family had maids and drivers, i began to vision the family as high class.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everybody. I also visioned a large group of family members all gathered together for a celebration. And how they have a lot of money.
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