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Within the memoir The Distance Between Us the author, Reyna Grande provides details about her two grandmothers, Abuelita Chinta and Abuela Evila. They both reside in rundown houses in Mexico, while their children , Reyna’s parents try to start life in the United States. They have very little money and struggle to provide for the abundance of people living in their cramped houses. Despite the fact that their situation is similar Reyna prefers living with one over the other. Both grandmothers took different approaches when taking care of their grandchildren. Abuela Evila obviously favored one over the others. “ She spent half an hour running the comb through Elida’s long hair while we watched”(24). She placed one grandchild on a pedestal while …show more content…
At Abuela Evila house there’s no sense of right or wrong. Since she treats the family badly there isn’t an indication for them treat each other well. She creates an unjust house by not treating everyone fairly. “Abuela Evila gave a pork chop to Abuelo Agurio, another to Elida, the third went to Tia Emperatriz, and the last pork chop she took for herself”(19). Abuela Evila let Reyna and her siblings go without eating with no hesitation. She didn’t even try to find a way for everyone to eat, she didn 't mind sending them to bed hungry. It’s unfair that they had to eat beans covered in oil while everyone else was able to have pork chops. Her lack of concern displays her indifference towards the inequality in her household. Instead Abuelita instilled unity. Despite their lack of resources they worked together to make the best of their situation.For Christmas ”Abuelita Chinta would save the shells of the eggs she fed us all year long.”(136) and they would paint it in different colors and designs and use it to decorate their tree since they could afford ornaments.They all worked together for the common good in contrast to Abuela Evila house where it 's everyone for
This novel is a story of a Chicano family. Sofi, her husband Domingo together with their four daughters – Esperanza, Fe, Caridad, and Loca live in the little town of Tome, New Mexico. The story focuses on the struggles of Sofi, the death of her daughters and the problems of their town. Sofi endures all the hardships and problems that come her way. Her marriage is deteriorating; her daughters are dying one by one. But, she endures it all and comes out stronger and more enlightened than ever. Sofi is a woman that never gives up no matter how poorly life treats her. The author- Ana Castillo mixes religion, super natural occurrences, sex, laughter and heartbreak in this novel. The novel is tragic, with no happy ending but at the same time funny and inspiring. It is full of the victory of the human spirit. The names of Sofi’s first three daughters denote the three major Christian ideals (Hope, Faith and Charity).
It sometimes is quite difficult to find one’s voice when no one is truly listening or understands. Yolanda, or "Yo", a Dominican immigrant, has grown up to be a writer and in the process infuriates her entire family by publishing the intimate details of their lives as fiction. “¡Yo!” is an exploration of a woman's soul, a meditation on the writing life, as well as a lyrical account of Latino immigrants’ search for identity and a place in the United States. Julia Alvarez divides her novel ¡Yo! into chapters to distinguish the perspectives of each member of the Garcia family. Through the stylistic, subtle homage to the Spanish language as well as speaking on the horrors that occurred during the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, Julia Alvarez showcases storytelling in the first chapter of her novel titled “From ¡Yo! The Mother” to show how Yo and her entire family used it to cope with their struggles as immigrants in America. By telling stories, Yo’s mother Laura, battles between her Dominican and American identities to ultimately redefine not only who she is, but also who she and her family will be.
My Forbidden Face by Latifa relates to this course in a number of ways. First, the fact that the author cannot divulge her real name for fear of being beaten, raped, and/or killed is one way that the book correlates with the class. Other examples are subordination of women, veiling, and keeping women out of the public eye. The Taliban are very extreme in their treatment of women; in fact, it is almost as if they are living in the very distant past.
Even though Yolanda has a more stable financial household her parents are just as demanding as Mari’s. They require Yolanda to stay focused on school so she can be able to attend college and achieve a high a paying career. Traditional ideas of ‘if you work hard enough you can achieve it’ are presented in the film. Expectations of family are high for Yolanda as she comes from an immigrant family. The need for Yolanda to succeed is crucial as it defines the American dream her parents want her to obtain. Yolanda is faced with an obligation to achieve the American dream her parents so hard worked for. Deviating from these expectations translates into an ungrateful daughter that does not care about what family thinks. Family, for most Latinos is the most important thing. Adding to this idea is being an immigrant; where family is the only thing we have, and know. Keeping the family together is one of the main points in Yolanda’s household; we can conclude that it might be more important than achieving the American dream.
A strong maternal bond is crucial in one’s life; however in both Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong and Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, the authors portray the distant relationship between the mother and the daughter as a tool to critique the ‘inhuman’ traditions imposed upon the family members in their respective societies. Though Houng’s and Esquivel’s novels are set in Vietnam and Mexico respectively, they assert that family traditions are unjust and forbid family members to pursue their own dreams, ambitions, and desires as portrayed by the two teenage protagonists and their mothers, who are obligated to sacrifice their own lives for others. In order to gain their freedom, the protagonists have to detach themselves from their oppressive, domineering mothers to break away from the undesirable family traditions in their culture.
When they first arrived to the United States their only hopes were that they would have a better life and that there were better special education programs for Maribel to attend at Evers. Alma imagined that the buildings would look a lot nicer than they really were. The family was surprised that they could take things from the street that someone threw out of their house, but were in working condition. When they arrived they didn’t think that you would actually have to learn English to be able to communicate, but after going to stores and interacting with people they learned that they need to learn English if they want to live in America. They hoped that you could be able to afford anything in America by working, but based off of the money Arturo was making they learned that you can’t buy everyth...
This is How You Lose Her is a book written by Junot Diaz consisting of short stories, told by the protagonist, Yunior. Yunior’s character is described as the Dominican guy who struggles with infidelity and unable to love others full-heartedly. Diaz also shows how in Dominican culture; men carry the reputation of being womanizers and usually is pass from one generation to the next. Throughout the book, he tells us stories pertaining to the relationships he had with the women he had in his life, and his family. From the stories one can assume that Yunior, caught up in a vicious cycle was destined to follow into patriarchy; a father who cheated on his mother, and an oldest brother who followed
In the book Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande, she takes us on the journey of her life. The book deals with issues many immigrant families deal with on a daily basis. Reyna explores the difficulties that come with being a child of an immigrant, parents not being emotionally or physically present, and child abuse. I will be speaking about my feelings and thoughts about how this book affected me and what I enjoyed about it.
In the memoir The Distance Between Us, Reyna Grande, the author, tells of her experiences in the United States after her unconventional journey to get there. Whilst in the United States many things scare her, like her sketchy neighborhood, and other things fill her with anticipation, like her first day of school. Reyan was especially excited to see the ocean for the first time in America when going to the beach with her new family, including her long-lost father. Doing this was one of the many things that made her feel at home in America, but as time progresses there were things making her feel homesick. At school she was very put off about the way she was poorly treated, being a new Hispanic student. “I wished I didn't have to sit here in
There is a total of eleven family members in the immediate Sanchez family. This paper will discuss Gloria and Celia Sanchez. Celia and Hector are the parents of 24-year-old Gloria and her five siblings. Gloria lives in the same neighborhood as her parents, with her husband Leo, who is not a U.S. citizen. Gloria and Leo do not have any children, but her sister Carmen comes over frequently for visits. Gloria’s relationship with her husband is rocky because he is physically abusive. Gloria wants to the abuse to end, but is scared if the authorities get involved that Leo will be deported. She is also concerned if she leaves her husband, her church and family will not stand by her decision. Another worry is the lack of schooling and training
Catholicism glorifies and represents mothers as the main foundation of the family through the example of the passive and unconditional loving Mary, the mother of Jesus Crist. This idea of the mother as unconditional lover beings has been passed on and reproduced in the Chicana/o community. Gil Cuadros and Reyna Grande through their autobiographical work testify against this predominate idea of the mothers being caring and loving persons. Even though most mothers fall into the norm of a normal mother, normality is subjective, therefore Cuadros and Grande’s work represent the complexities of reality. Grande’s The Distance Between Us and Cuadro’s City of God are autobiographical narratives that incorporate reality as a form of testimonial of existence, an act of healing and resilience. Given that these author’s life experiences can be
Esperanza explains how Mamacita “sits all day by the window and plays the Spanish country” (77). Esperanza expresses the emotions that Mamacita feels since she is homesick and doesn’t fit into the new society she was brought into. Instead of shaming Mamacita for the way she acts and the way she feels, Esperanza takes into consideration the hardship of being a person of color in an environment that doesn’t accept her for who she
Junot Diaz has a "powerful insight into the realities of the Caribbean diaspora, American assimilation, and lives lived between cultures" -this according to the citation for his 2012 MacArthur Fellowship. This is How You Lose Her, brings forth an honest modern perception of gender dynamics as well as hegemonic masculinities.
We have all heard the saying, “What goes around comes around”, in this particular book, “This Is How You Lose Her” written by Junot Diaz, the main character Yunior learns firsthand what it is like to have karma served to him on a cold silver platter. Throughout this book Yunior has several polygamous relationships with different women. He cheats on them, and lies to them, all the time thinking that this is what love is. Yunior did not have a father figure to show him how to treat women or the difference between right and wrong. From a young age he watched his big brother bring in different women night after night, and thought that was the way to treat his relationships.
Not to mention, Grande’s family was separated because of the United States but her cousin Elida went through the same thing. Her cousin was separated from her mother and was forced to stay behind until her mother send for her. Grande states “She promised Elida that one day soon she would send for her, and although she did eventually keep her promise, Elida had to stay behind for now and watch a taxicab take her mother away”(Grande, 46). By Elida’s mother leaving it shows the physical separation the U.S. causes on families. It separates the child from his parents, as we all know that a parental figure is very important in a child's development. Elida was ripped away from having her true mother by her side and having a real family. This is one