Everyone wanted to be like Julia and her sisters, but it was too late. Later America's fashion changed and it was suddenly hip to be ethnic and different. They were born into a culture that groomed girls not to have any aspirations other than being a good wife and mother. Not only did the sisters long to achieve the looks of the American girls but they wanted the freedom of choice as well. American girls had freedom as well as the blonde hair, blue eyes, leggy figures and the peaches and cream skin.
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The Miss America pageant gave them ideas of how to be acknowledged as an American.
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The sisters all wanted to fit in but with their short, frizzy hair and olive color skin they felt they needed to make some changes. After watching the Miss America beauty pageant on television with their father every year, Julia and her sisters longed to be like the American girls in the pageant. POEM 'Dusting' by Julia Alvarez Each morning I wrote my name On the dusty cabinet, then crossed The dining room table in script, scrawled In capitals on the backs of chairs, Practicing signatures like scales While Mother followed, squirting Linseed from a burping can Into a crumpled-up flannel. The poem Dusting by Julia Alverez relays several ideas to the reader. Moving from the Dominican Republic to the United States can be a hard enough change to deal with, but for Julia Alvarez and her three sisters coming to a new country and actually fitting in proved to be a much harder task. Nothing seemed to challenge me concerning my faith or worldview.Summary of "I Want to be Miss America" by Julia Alvarez. “Alvarez, like these authors, has altered contemporary American literature by stretching the literary cartography of the Americas.” Because of this she has become an example for future modern writers. As a Latin- American, I like how Alvarez manages to mix both cultures into a new writing style.
In capitals on the backs of chairs, Practicing signatures like scales. In the perspective essay, I thought it was interesting how Alvarez responded to the statements on returning to writing in her native language. The dining room table in script, scrawled. Scott, que pena!” (line 31, Queens) brought the reality that they still used their language to my mind. I thought the description of the neighborhood that they lived in was interesting and that the line “ Ay Mrs. Alvarez was filled with doubt when she was told that one could not. The poem, it is of a young girl who is always writing her name in the dust, but it keeps being wiped away by her mother. One line states, My name which was swallowed in a towel, (Dusting 14). I chose this device because it sums up what the whole poem is about. The other powerful personification I noticed when reading her works is in her poem, Dusting.
(Alvarez 17-20) In these lines Alvarez uses a simile to compare her bad writers block to a literary border guard. She uses her creatively scribbled name as a personal mantra, a frequent reminder of her goals in life.
For example, “the dining table in script, scrawled/ in capitals on the backs of chairs/ practicing signatures like scales” (lines 3-5, Dusting ) The way that those lines were worded showed the innocence of the speaker and reminded me of the carefree things my siblings do. Device 2: First Muse by Julia Alvarez: Simile. Dusting By Julia Alvarez Summary (869023) Professor Sophia Funk 2 November 2015 Analysis to Dusting In 'Dusting' written by Julia Alvarez a little girl accompany her mother to work as housekeeping lady every morning. Her dreams do not include days spent dusting furniture and cleaning house. I connected with the poem Dusting because it conveyed that there is beauty in performing the smallest of actions. In Dusting, through making an analogy to a relationship between a mother and her child, Julia Alvarez demonstrates her desire to break away from traditional.
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