Analysis Of Oranges By Gary Soto

What are the characters’ emotions, attitudes, and behaviors? What do these indicate to the reader about the character?

Angela McEwan-Alvarado was born in Los Angeles and has lived in many locations in the United States, as well as Mexico and Central America. She obtained her master’s degree at UC Irvine and since then has worked as an editor of educative materials and a translator. The story “Oranges” was the result of an exercise for a writer’s workshop in which the author managed to mix images and experiences accumulated throughout her life.

In his autobiographical narrative A Summer Life, Gary Soto vividly recreates the guilt felt by a six- year-old boy who steals an apple pie. Through Soto’s reminiscent he has taken us on a journey of his guilt, paranoia, and redemption through the usage of tone, allusions, and imagery.

Throughout the autobiographical narrative written by Gary Soto, many different literary elements are used to recreate the experience of his guilty six-year old self. Different elements such as contrast, repetition, pacing, diction, and imagery. Soto narrates this story as a young boy at a time when he seems to be young and foolish, Soto foolmaking mistakes, but at the same time hoping to learn from them. Soto uses each of these devices to convey different occurrences in the narrative.

Initially, Rios illustrates a young boy perplexed by a new-found maturity. As the maturation from childhood to adolescence begins, he is facing unfamiliar feelings about the opposite sex. An example of this is

Soto talks about sacrifice, and we all go through that. What we do to please other people. The boy had to give up his orange because he didn't have enough money. He told his girlfriend that she can chose any kind of candy found in the isle, and she chose a chocolate bar that cost a dime, now the boy only had a nickel and a pair of oranges in his pocket. Instead of feeling embarrassed and cheep in front of his new girl, the boy decided to put up the nickel and an orange on the counter for the saleslady.

The great distance between father and daughter and the total absence of love and trust is clearly revealed. Adeline considers him an enemy, a hypocrite, a deceiver. The inner conflict is revealed through the entire monologue and in the use of rhetoric

There were many unusual aspects in the text. One of the unusual aspects was that the mood changed a lot from being proud to people trying to betray you and deceive you. An example of this is when the author says, “Love is the answer, that’s what they say, But look how they treat us, make us believers, We fight their battles, then they deceive us.”

In the ethnographic text, Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies, by Seth Holmes, Holmes describes his experience on enduring the living and working conditions of migrant workers. Seth Holmes’ social positions and identities helped bring the ethnography forward by showcasing the stories of Triqui migrant workers and how they suffer in everyday life because of the cycle of suffering. On the other hand, Holmes risks credibility and validity as the ethnographic text is taken from his point of view as a white man rather than a Triqui worker’s. As the author of the ethnographic text, Seth Holmes takes an in-depth look inside the lives of the Triqui workers and the problems they encounter in the face of racism and the social, political, and economic

Paul Redeker is a dispassionate, emotionless man, with a realistic mindset. He also created the Orange Eighty-Four Plan. His plan was logical but also, seen as cruel to others who couldn't meet the requirements to live. Paul Redeker is very intelligent and believed that having feelings was the biggest flaw of humanity (Brooks 106). Many people disliked him due to his lack of empathy and compassion. For instance:“Psychobiographers have tried to label him as a racist, however, in his defense: he claims that racism is just an irrational emotion. Redker also thought that love and hate are irrelevant. That feeling of any kind is clearly just another obstacle hindering the progress of humankind ” (106). He believed that it was impossible to save everyone in

LITERARY ESSAY QUESTIONS Semester 1 SSR Novel Read through these questions and choose one prompt to answer at the end of your novel. Use the question you’ve chosen to give yourself a purpose for reading and guide where you use post-it notes while you read your book. All responses should be typed, double-spaced, Arial 11 font, and at least one page with no excess spacing. 1. What is the main problem in the story?

When it’s warm outside there is nothing like a bowl of chilled soup. It’s light and refreshing. One must try soup that can be made in a short amount of time is chilled avocado soup. This cold soup has a lovely green hue, is super creamy, slightly rich, packed with flavor and has subtle notes of spice to keep the palate wanting more. Since the soup is lacking texture, pairing it with a crostini adds that much needed crunch and provides you with something to dip in the soup. Continue on below to learn how to make this soup and crostini pairing.

Near the end of the novel the narrator realises the limitations in the depiction of character and event:

In the story “Seventh Grade”, one of the conflicts Victor had was when he was in French class and the teacher asked, “Does anybody speak French?”. Victor raised his hand, even though he did not know how to speak French; he raised his hand because he was trying to impress his crush, Teresa, who was also in his French class. The teacher did not understand what Victor was saying; however, the teacher soon recognized what he was

To work out the average titre, the end volume had to be subtracted from the starting volume. The titre cm3 then had to be added, disregarding sample number 4 due to there being a difference in titre of 10cm3. This is likely to be a human error, resulting from writing the measurements or results incorrectly. It could also be due to getting distracted and continuing titration beyond the needed point. After being added together the answer is then divided by 5 as 5 of the samples have been used. This produces the average titre of 24.5cm3.