Ambar Avila
March 1, 2009
Once Upon a Quinceañera
Quote #1:
“Probably, he took on one to many jobs, wanting the extra hours, struggling to make his way up the success ladder to become o professional in America.” Julia Alvarez, page 133
Significance:
This quote has to do with the question “What hardships do the characters endure as they make a new life?” This quote has to do with this question because the photographer took to many jobs because he wanted to be discovered and become a professional here in America instead of his home country. I chose this quote because this situation occurs often and that’s why the photographer almost missed the girls Quinceañera.
Character Judgment:
“Probably, he took on one to many jobs, wanting the extra hours, struggling to make his way up the success ladder to become o professional in America.” Julia Alvarez, page 133
Significance:
This quote has to do with the question “What hardships do the characters endure as they make a new life?” This quote has to do with this question because the photographer took to many jobs because he wanted to be discovered and become a professional here in America instead of his home country. I chose this quote because this situation occurs often and that’s why the photographer almost missed the girls Quinceañera.
Character Judgment:
I don’t think that the photographer should’ve took so many jobs and he should’ve made sure that he wasn’t booked so he wouldn’t be in a situation like that. I think that the photographer should’ve been more organized and he shouldn’t have called in the last minute to tell them that he might not come…he should’ve called ahead of time.
Question:
Question:
Would you ever take to many jobs and not be organized like the photographer? Why or why not?
Quote #2:
“Still, the whole night seems unreal, with a terrible storm raging not far from here: the teenage mariachi’s surprise entrance during dinner singing “Las Mañanitas”, the changing of the shoes- not flats to heels, as the ritual prescribes, but heels to higher heels; the crowning by her mom with her hairdresser standing by to adjust Ashley’s curls around the rhinestone tiara.” Julia Alvarez, page 137
Significance:
Quote #2:
“Still, the whole night seems unreal, with a terrible storm raging not far from here: the teenage mariachi’s surprise entrance during dinner singing “Las Mañanitas”, the changing of the shoes- not flats to heels, as the ritual prescribes, but heels to higher heels; the crowning by her mom with her hairdresser standing by to adjust Ashley’s curls around the rhinestone tiara.” Julia Alvarez, page 137
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 this question because Ashley had a traditional “Latina Quinceañera” and that’s what they would do everything that Julia said they did. I like this quote because it told you almost everything that happened but in only one sentence.
Personal Connection:
I can connect to this quote because I’ve been to many other Quinceañera before and I’ve seen this stuff happen but in a different way. I can also connect to this quote because one Quinceañera that I went to did the exact same thing so I thought that that was cool.
Question:
If you could, would you have a Quinceañera like this one that Julia describes? Why or why not?
Personal Connection:
I can connect to this quote because I’ve been to many other Quinceañera before and I’ve seen this stuff happen but in a different way. I can also connect to this quote because one Quinceañera that I went to did the exact same thing so I thought that that was cool.
Question:
If you could, would you have a Quinceañera like this one that Julia describes? Why or why not?
