Ambar A.
March 11, 2009
March 11, 2009
Once Upon a Quinceañera
Quote #1:
“Ana Maria came to this country in 1965 when she was eighteen, working hard at everything from waitressing to packing eggs, but kept going to school at night.” Julia Alvarez, page 223.
Significance:
This quote has to do with the question “What hardships do the characters endure as they make a new life?”. It has to do with this question because Ana Maria had to do a lot of things to make a new life and try to survive here in America. I chose this quote because I thought that she had to do so many things that not that many Americans do, but she did that to maintain her new life here in America.
Character Judgment:
I feel sorry for Ana Maria because she had to do so many things when she first came here to America. I also hope that she didn’t have that much of a hard time doing all of those things that she had to do. I also think that she’s very responsible.
Question:
Does it seem like many immigrants had to do many things to maintain they’re new life here in America? Why or why not?
Quote #2:
“The writer critic Norma Cantú thought so. Having a traditional Quinceañera, which reflected the limited roles available to her as a young Latina, she decided to throw herself another Quinceañera at fifty! Her “cincuentañera,” as she called it, included a traditional court, with forty-nine (instead of fourteen) godmothers of such items as a madrina de queques, madrina de AARP, madrina de hierbas y remedies caseros (godmother for cakes, for AARP subscription, for herbal and home remedies). The celebration was a chance to affirm what had been only potential thirty-five years earlier as well as to reframe the tradition from a place of power, intelligence, humor, and experience.” Julia Alvarez, page 133
Significance:
This quote has to do with the question “How do the characters maintain their cultural ties to their homeland while living in America?”. It has to do with that question because that is how Norma Cantú maintained her cultural ties by having a “cincuentañera”. I chose this quote because I thought that it was a really interesting quote because I never knew that someone would do something like that.
Character Judgment:
I think that Norma Cantú did a really unusual thing, in a good way. I think that it was really cool that she just thought of that idea and had a Quinceañera again except only when she was turning fifty.
Question:
Would you ever do anything like that like Norma Cantú? Why or why not?
“Ana Maria came to this country in 1965 when she was eighteen, working hard at everything from waitressing to packing eggs, but kept going to school at night.” Julia Alvarez, page 223.
Significance:
This quote has to do with the question “What hardships do the characters endure as they make a new life?”. It has to do with this question because Ana Maria had to do a lot of things to make a new life and try to survive here in America. I chose this quote because I thought that she had to do so many things that not that many Americans do, but she did that to maintain her new life here in America.
Character Judgment:
I feel sorry for Ana Maria because she had to do so many things when she first came here to America. I also hope that she didn’t have that much of a hard time doing all of those things that she had to do. I also think that she’s very responsible.
Question:
Does it seem like many immigrants had to do many things to maintain they’re new life here in America? Why or why not?
Quote #2:
“The writer critic Norma Cantú thought so. Having a traditional Quinceañera, which reflected the limited roles available to her as a young Latina, she decided to throw herself another Quinceañera at fifty! Her “cincuentañera,” as she called it, included a traditional court, with forty-nine (instead of fourteen) godmothers of such items as a madrina de queques, madrina de AARP, madrina de hierbas y remedies caseros (godmother for cakes, for AARP subscription, for herbal and home remedies). The celebration was a chance to affirm what had been only potential thirty-five years earlier as well as to reframe the tradition from a place of power, intelligence, humor, and experience.” Julia Alvarez, page 133
Significance:
This quote has to do with the question “How do the characters maintain their cultural ties to their homeland while living in America?”. It has to do with that question because that is how Norma Cantú maintained her cultural ties by having a “cincuentañera”. I chose this quote because I thought that it was a really interesting quote because I never knew that someone would do something like that.
Character Judgment:
I think that Norma Cantú did a really unusual thing, in a good way. I think that it was really cool that she just thought of that idea and had a Quinceañera again except only when she was turning fifty.
Question:
Would you ever do anything like that like Norma Cantú? Why or why not?
1 comments:
Quote #1 -
I like this quote you picked, I think that it's a really good example of what immigrants had to do in order to stay in America. I agree with you because it was hard for her to stay and work at something for many, many hours and get payed just enough to eat, just so she could stay in America. At then end it was all going to be worth living there with more freedom, than her home country.
Question #1
I do think that almost every immigrant that comes to America has to do all they can to make some money. They don't take very much with them on there journey which means when they come here they need money, food, shelter and they will do anything to get money to afford those things in America, to make a life there.
Quote #2
I also like this quote you picked because it shows how girls that are going to be celebrating there quinceanera is turning it into something different, something less traditional from what it was organically. Norma Cantu did do something a lot different, when I read this I thought it was confusing, but when you think about it, its not such a bad idea if your trying to stick with your traditional idea of a quinceanera but still maintain what people normally celebrate in the United States.
Question #2 -
I'm not sure if I would want to do that, even though it would be a combination of a quince and a sweet sixteen. I would want to do one or the other because I think it would be a lot more traditional.
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