Mericans By Sanra Cisneros: Plot Analysis

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Arguments that would make this assertion false is that there is a Plot, Setting, Character, and Conflict. The plot is the different situations that happen with each lieutenant. Each lieutenant was holding on or carrying something that meant something to them. The setting which is the time and place is Vietnam during and after the War. There are multiple characters, including First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, Martha, Mitchell Sanders, Rat Kiley, Lee Strunk, Ted Lavender, Norman Bowket, and many more. There was conflict between Lee Strunk and Dave Jenson and Obrien and Jorgenson. Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen got into a fistfight. It was about something stupid--a missing jackknife--but even so the fight was vicious.' After their fight, Jensen's nose was broken, but more importantly, he became so fearful and paranoid of Strunk (who later admitted to stealing the jackknife) that he lost touch …show more content…

She has two brother and is attending church for the first time in a while. In the beginning Cisneros gives the reader a peak of her family history. She calls her grandmother awful grandmother because she is strict and religious. It is the end of the service and you can see how the young girl's brother were mocking the female gender. The kind of family represented here is one where everyone is going through something, and the backbone of the family. You can see the common sibling rivalry. In my opinion some good affects with this a little tight and close knit family. The grandmother. Another good thing that they went to church. Also towards the end of the story the children can are behaving much better. I feel that the some of the internal struggles included the constant back and forth with the brought. I feel that this struggle got resolved at the end of the story when the children were outside and were given candy. They were all in a way kind to one another outside by the market in front of the

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