In the short story “American History” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, the green door symbolizes hope for Elena, the main character. The short story is about a girl named Elena who is struggling to fit in. Elena is the outcast in her school, but when Eugene comes along, she finds she is no longer alone. Even though Elena is a straight A student, she is not allowed to be in advanced classes like Eugene because English is not her first language. Eugene offers to have a study session with her, but when President
having to be exact replicas of one another in order for anyone to live a happy life. The short stories “American History” by Judith Ortiz Cofer and “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan both illustrate the common need for acceptance for the main characters. Acceptance is a common need shared by all humans which allows the mix of different cultures,
something is life experiences. The way they handle the situation is based off what they have learned through their life. In the excerpt from “Abuela Invents the Zero” by Judith Ortiz-Cofer, the narrator, Constancia had scarcely met Abuela, her grandmother and Abuela troubling her made her make the decision not to help her. Judith Ortiz-Cofer states, “I [Constancia] had seen her only three or four times in my entire life” (para. 2). This sentence shows that
The Use of Plot in Judith Ortiz Cofer’s Catch the Moon Luis is a Hispanic American that is struggling with the loss of his mother at a younger age. In the short story Catch the Moon, by Judith Ortiz Cofer, Luis will exprince many colfllics and through these conflicts Cofer will use the themes of copping with the death of a loved one and the coming of age. In Cofer’s Catch the Moon there are a few conflicts, which include man versus man, man versus fate man versus society, and man versus self.
Writing poems is one of the most amazing talents that a person can have. “The Game” was one of the most entertaining poems that Judith Ortiz Cofer has written. Judith Cofer was born in a small town of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, in 1952. She moved to the United States when she was four years old and arrived in Peterson, New Jersey, with her family in 1956. Because her father was serving in the US Navy, he was always away. Also, having a mother who regularly missed the island, they always made trips
“Abuela Invents the Zero” by Judith Ortiz-Cofer, Constancia decided to be rude and ignore her grandmother because she knew that if she didn’t, she
more than others. Connie, from "Abuela Invents the Zero" by Judith Ortiz-Cofer, decided to put her feelings in front of Abuela's when she chose not to help when Abuela could not find her way back to the pew in the church. When Connie noticed that Abuela was lost, she decided not to help her because, "I just know that on Monday my friends, and my enemies, in the barrio will have a lot of senile -grandmother jokes to tell" (Ortiz-Cofer para 14). Connie put her feelings before Abuela because she did
Sheila Mant" by W.D.Wetherell and "Catch the moon" by Judith Ortiz Cofer investigating the internal conflicts, in the stories I will learn what impact can love do to us. Now,