Summary Of My Beloved Word By Sonia Sotomayor

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In “My Beloved Word,” written by Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia writes an autobiography of the hardships she has endured. She reminisces her struggles, defeats, and accomplishments throughout different stages in her life. Sotomayor, who spent her childhood in the streets of the Bronx and Coop City in New York, is a woman of determination and strong will. From fighting diabetes at an early age and losing countless confidants, to attending an Ivy League institution and now a Supreme Court Justice, the highest court in the United States, Sotomayor has proven to be a woman who welcomes challenges to find purpose in life; Sotomayor has resembled who I am. Like Sotomayor, I too am low-income. I too suffered from hateful remarks. I too am Hispanic. I too, …show more content…

To thrive, I will use resources, and plan ahead to be ahead. It may be Sotomayor’s book, but in a way, it is as close to me as my own diary. I can now look at her beautiful smile, and say, “You did it. We did it. I can be happy too.” The following quotes – and meanings – are reasons of aspiration and why I will try much harder at Brown: "Achievement was all very well, but it was the process, not the goal, that was most important" (Sotomayor 92) – I live among these lines. You learn more over the process of your goal than the goal itself. "Don't be shy about making a teacher of any willing party who knows what he or she is doing" (Sotomayor 91) – This gives me courage. At Brown, I will ask for the utmost help I can get. Anyone can be a teacher, but it takes initiation to make someone a teacher. "I probably wasn't going to live as long as most people, I figured. So I couldn't afford to waste time. Once in school, I would never contemplate taking a semester or year off. Later might never come, so I'd better get to work right now" (Sotomayor 99) – One of the quotes that made me tear up. Because of my conditions, I have also believed I cannot waste time. I will continue to be the proactive student I have always been, and work whenever I

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