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for My Broken Language
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paulak
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RE: My Broken Language is nonfiction, ...
I think Quiara's perspective of her parents is actually one most of us have - as the child. It's difficult to break those viewpoints and our lens is formed where it first came into being. Even though it may shift as we mature and develop, that initial viewpoint is the foundation. In other words, when my siblings and I gather, we tend to revert to our earlier "roles" and personalities. My parents are both deceased but until their deaths, I viewed them through the lens of their child.
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Elizabeth
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RE: What aspects of the author's ...
I most related to her love of learning, her love of books and reading, and her desire to achieve all she could dream to achieve.
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melanieb
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RE: How do you feel the Philadelphia ...
Philadelphia feels like a character in the book because Quiara becomes more alive when she’s there. It brings out the part of her culture that seems most authentic to me.
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sjd
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RE: Quiara says, "My Perez women ...
I think the author felt the need to contrast her parents, and this was the one area of the book that rang “false” for me. Her father was certainly more “avant- guard” at the beginning of her story, and I do not believe that people change their basic personalities. I regret that the author had to use the “acting white” stereotype to describe her father’s later life.
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Mismela
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RE: Quiara says, "My Perez women ...
Quiara is being judgmental. I’m not condemning her for that because she’s been trained by traditional American expectations. Quiara is very perceptive, but it doesn’t take a genius to discover the acceptable standards. Her mother’s family is more “real” than most classically American families. They’re definitely more interesting.
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JMW
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RE: How do you feel the Philadelphia ...
The city of Philadelphia is a multi-faceted character. Initially, it is just the barrio where Quaira lives and is a center of Puerto Rican culture and language, set apart from the rest of the city. Later, when Quiara goes to high school, she becomes acquainted with some of the whiter sections of the city and a different cultural milieu. Quiara is a young woman who often finds herself leaving the comfort of home (the barrio) and having to adapt or at least survive in what is at first an alien environment. Having lived in the Philadelphia area for about 20 years in the 1980's and 90's, I knew some streets she mentioned, but definitely not others. That added to my ability to engage with her book.
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wendya
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How many of you have faced a cultural divide?
When you are white it is all you can see. When you are "mixta" it is a constant challenge. Anyone???
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