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We can see that this desire is very evident, followed by the passion of living and working hard to achieve hopes and dreams. These examples of literature are a huge step in Latino improvement, evolution and fight for freedom. Tomás Rivera also made huge contributions with his life

Many of the Latino authors in this book, being Americans who left a country in Latin America or who have ancestors who did so, seem to experience what most modern day

A key strength of Waltke’s article is his use of diverse cultures, spanning over the course of history, to prove that societies in different eras with different values and systems highly regarded written records over the uncertainty of oral tradition. By using an array of cultures and evaluating their use of writing and oral tradition, Waltke seeks to rightly handle the available evidence. He displays cultures that not only prioritized written record, but also those who did have more an emphasis on oral tradition, like the Ugarits, yet still regarded written records as something of great worth. Waltke builds his credibility with readers because of his diverse use of sources and how he handles them to ultimately support his

Throughout life, every individual must face obstacles; some more difficult than others. In the story “The Trip” by Laila Lalami, poem “Exile” by Julia Alvarez, and article “Outlaw: My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas, there is a main character who has to face many challenges because of the fact that they’re immigrants. In all three texts, it is evident that being an immigrant has many affects on their lives. However, this label and the obstacles that come with it didn’t stop each character from pushing forward.

In Indigena as scribe: The (W)rite to remember. A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness Writings, Cherrie Moraga emphasizes the importance of writing, as people of color. Moraga makes us aware of how much we deny our culture, practices, and myths because we are so afraid to be like our ancestors. Although we fear this close proximity to our ancestors, to Moraga, that same proximity is what makes our narratives valuable. The fear carried within us silences us and makes us forget about the powerful voices we hold. Moraga also writes about the importance of recognizing that institutionally, we have become colonized beings and to understand this concept, can help us break away from the shackles that keep us from being who we truly are. For Moraga, it is important that we acknowledge the power that writing has. She wants us to realize that our narratives are important and we have the right to remember who we are.

There are many different styles of writing that authors use to achieve a certain affect. For example, how a writer chooses words, languages and structures certain sentences and or paragraphs. An author’s different strategies influence the audience by giving them or taking away a certain understanding that the author is trying to achieve. Gloria Anzaldua in “Borderlands”, explains a large portion of geographical history and of her own history through just one chapter. She wants the readers to understand the struggles she has had both internal and external, and she does this through her rhetorical strategies. While doing so from the begging of the opener for the first chapter “The homeland, Aztlan: El otro Mexico” the reader will encounter various literary discourse. The usage of writing mostly in English, with Spanish lines used strategically and together throughout, will offer a historical and universal path, that affectively opens the borders at times for the reader of misunderstanding. Over nearly two full pages of text, Anzaldua takes the reader on a frustrating, historical journey. The readers are exposed to a variety of Anzaldua’s struggles and her points of view. She takes us through multiple styles of writing in just a few pages. In the world today, people are faced with many obstacles and borders that causes frustration, as Anzaldua does through writing. Anzaldua shifts rhetorical strategies which causes the reader confusion and a desire to understand more deeply,

There are many flaws in society that people have just accepted and decided not to fight for, but oppressed female writers and nationalist groups have taken a stand against them. Author Gloria Anzaldua expresses in her letter “Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to Third World Women Writers,” the battles she has encountered as a Chicana, gay woman, the opinions she has of our world and how to overcome the difficulties she and other third world women writers have experienced. Aside from her, nationalist movements such as the Chicano and the Young Lords Movements were created to fight against the social oppressions, Mexican-Americans and Puerto Ricans, minority groups have had to live under. Despite the fact that Anzaldua limits her discussion to that

Ever since the dawning of human's linguistic history in 3500 BC, words and ideas derived from those words have shaped people's ethical and moral beliefs. The spread of written ideas have sparked protest and wars as well as commence rejoice and friendship. They have linked people together and torn people apart all from simple marking on a medium. The ideas that are shared are important to the advancement of the human race. Writing influences culture by highlighting certain issues to allow people to act on the injustices portrayed in their writing.

Gloria Anzaldua, Sherman Alexie and Richard Rodriguez are three different American authors that struggled with marginalization because of their heritage and culture. It shows that most people that are part of the minority ethnic group, struggle with finding their identity when they are forced to engage in a different society other than their own group. The authors find themselves in a linguistic and cultural borderland because they were looked down upon. They were discriminated by the dominant ethnic group when they try and stick to their heritage and they were shunned and neglected by their own people whenever they try to adhere to the standards of their new country.

My purpose in writing the literacy narrative was to let different audiences to have a taste of what the struggle of an immigrant is like. This was the first paper that I had to write for this class and it was the easiest out of all. I got to express my struggles in a very unique way. During my peer review session for this paper, I was able to see my mistakes such as verb tense agreement, word choice and awkward phrasing. I learned to not use abbreviations throughout this piece because a mixed audience may not be familiar with them.

As an optimistic person, I try to dig the good while the shovel hurts my back. As someone that is brave, I try until God says otherwise. Hope is my driving force and I can say the same for most immigrants fighting for survival. This essay will be about, the good that people often ignore. This can be the outcome of every experience. Our willingness to maintain a positive lifestyle, or the purpose that drives us to be better. In a short word, this can be described as “Hope”. To begin, this essay will include the fiction short story of Ha Jin, “The House Behind A Weeping Cherry”, another example, “Invierno”, by the famous Dominican writer Junot Diaz. A third important passage is “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan. Throughout the essay, the reader can see the important message of the three stories which is not giving up and maintaining a high hope.

When was the last time you picked up a book or a newspaper and read? Did you notice anything? Maybe that it is always trying to inform you or that it tries to talk to you. The writing on the paper or screen begins to jump off the page and is filtered through your head and you begin to think, “I do not believe in this” or “I can totally relate to this”. Maybe you thought whoever wrote it was only telling you what they wanted you to hear or what they felt important, when in actuality it meant nothing to you. On the other hand it may come to dawn on you that writing is nothing more than a pathway for others to plant thoughts in your head that turn you into a zombie that conforms to every action that a higher power demands. Writing in the United States has always held a higher power than any president, congressman, or CEO that has lived. Writing done through out and about history have contributed to developing our culture, society, and beliefs. Coinciding with historical documents, political and agenda based writing like propaganda and even novels have become pillars of society as they set an example of who we are and what is expected.

Clearly, Sandra Cisneros' writing style is one representative of a minority voice. Her amazing style allows her readers to take an active part in the minority experience. For this reason, I believe Cisneros has had a lot of influence and success in the status of minority writers, especially in the canon of what is read and taught in schools today. But, more than anything, Cisneros has shown that liberation can come through creativity and literature, and not just through geographical excursion.

In the novel The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez struggles of humans are conveyed through a view that is rarely expressed: the individual points of view of immigrants to the United States. The novel uses the individuals of an apartment complex in Delaware to demonstrate struggles faced by humanity. It has within it lessons that every young adult should learn. The novel teaches, through the distinct views of individuals, that all individuals have value based solely on the fact that they are human and that every action has an effect that must be considered.

Dinaw Mengestu, Richard Rodriguez and Manuel Munoz are three authors that have been through and gone through a lot of pain to finaly get accepted in their societies. They are all either immigrants or children of immigrants that had trouble fitting in America’s society at the time. They struggled with language and their identities, beucase they were not original from the states and it was difficult for others to accept them for who they are. They all treated their problems differently an some tried to forget their old identeties and live as regulalr Americans others accepted themselves for being who they are, but they all found a way to deal with their issues.