The Oxcart Analysis

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Postwar Period The Postwar Period in New York City was an intriguing time to read fiction in. The literature we read in this unit was the play “The Oxcart” by Rene Marques and novel “Manhattan Tropics” by Guillermo Cotto-Thorner. Each piece was set in New York City of Puerto Rican families trying to strive for the American Dream. In “The Oxcart” by Marques was a piece we lightly touched on. Although we only read Act III of the play it set a lot of focus on the dynamics of how America set in the characters. Juanita is considered a modern girl and not following the standards of a Puerto Rican woman. She gets “gifts” for a “job” that is frowned upon her brother Luis. She isn’t like the women back home who would not act the way she does. Luis is

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