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2. Who is the implied audience for this essay? What aspects of the writing
led you to your conclusion?
The audience is clearly everyone who shows ignorance while
pertaining to the topic of Latin culture. This was simply an
enlightening essay that debunked a few of the common
misconceptions about Latinas and their culture. Her stories and
her expression of her feelings about what happened in the
stories led me very directly to my conclusion. For example, she
talks about the man at the classy hotel that sang an offensive
song to her, mocking the piropos that are a part of the Latin
culture.
3. This essay is written in the first person, which tends to reveal a lot
about the writers personality. What adjectives come to mind when you
think of the writers singular voice?
Jovial, educated, reminiscent, stereotyped, and voiced are the
first adjectives that come to mind while thinking about the
writers singular voice.
4. Although the essay has a sociological theme, Cofer demonstrates that
she has a poets sensitivity towards language. What in the following
sentence from paragraph 7 demonstrates this poetic style: It is
custom, however, not chromosomes, that leads us to choose scarlet
over pale pink? Select two other sentences from the essay that
demonstrate Cofers stylistic talent, and explain why they, too, are
poetic.
The use of colors and the meaning behind the two contrasting
colors and ideas is what makes this line poetic. when I willed
her to look up at me, she graciously allowed me to punish her
with my full attention. Is a part of a sentence that is extremely
poetic. The entire line is figurative and has a lot of power and
creativity while talking about how both people felt in that
situation. Another sentence that stands out with poetic ability is
But with some people, the same things can make you an island
not a tropical paradise but an Alcatraz, a place nobody wants
to visit. This sentence makes one feel like an inanimate object
and a scenic idea at the same time. It also personifies the idea of
an island, inlaying ones feelings and emotions into the sentence.
Decent is an easy word to, yet again, keep the story of her
culture light, pure, and innocent.