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Pat Mora begins her poem, “Fences,” on a positive note, saying “Mouths full of laughter,” which creates a safe and harmless tone. In the next line, Mora uses the Spanish word ‘turistas’ (tourist in English) to indicate possibly the ethnicity of the speaker. It is not until the last few lines of the poem, however, when the reader gains a hint of the speaker’s social class; the speaker’s mother says, “It’s their beach,” after seeing the speaker’s younger sister running across the sand where the affluent

that deals with the timely issues of class divide and privilege. She begins her poem on a positive note, saying “Mouths full of laughter,” which creates this safe and harmless tone. The next line, she uses the word “turistas,” which is interesting; Mora uses a Spanish word (tourist in English) to indicate possibly the ethnicity of the speaker. It is not until the last few lines of the poem, however, when the reader can also detect the class and likely status of the speaker, when the speaker’s mother

Agustin Recha Mora was born in May 1954, in Granada, Spain. He moved to Bilbao in 1967 and he is teaching as a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Bilbao since 1979. Recha Mora has been into a lot of contests and he has won many awards. Most of his work was for a reason, which is to show the importance of the loss. In this report, I will be analyzing the form, content and context of one of his works which is called Street towards Plaza Ercilla Moyúa and showing the intentions of Recha Mora. To begin

In Pat Mora’s poem “Legal Alien”, the speaker uses language to undermine the single story that people of two cultures can only belong within one category; thus asserting the danger of isolation from both cultures that accompanies this single story. Mora uses a comparison to highlight how a two-sided object can be conjoined to create one cohesive item. Comparing themself to “a handy token” the speaker references the ability to have two cultures, yet remain as one person. The metaphor asserts that the

The poem “Mothers and Daughters” is written by Pat Mora. Pat Mora is a contemporary award winning writer, who writes for children, youngsters and adults. She was born in El Paso, TX in the year 1942. She attains a title of a Hispanic writer; however, the most of her poems are in English. In her literary work, one can observe the different aspects of the immigrants’ lives such as language issues, family relationships, immigrants’ experiences and cultural differences (1187). In the poem, “Mothers

can also be seen as a two headed spear. Through the use of diction, irony, and imagery, Mora is able to exhibit the paradoxical way of living of a Mexican American individual, having to constantly battle against stereotypes attached to the ethnicity with which they identify with in order to try and fit in without being so harshly criticized. There are many opportunities for a person that is Mexican American. Mora opens the poem by stating “Bi-lingual, Bi-cultural”(ln.1), and proceeds to exemplify

THE TONE OF A SETTING When having a conversation with someone it is easy to know how they are feeling by the tone in their voice. If a person is being funny, they tend to have a smile on their face, but when a person is angry about a particular subject, the tone of their voice becomes extremely loud and overbearing. While reading novels or short stories the characters tone is distinguishable because of the author's use of exclamation points or italicized words. These make the reader understand the

I’m Maximo de Jesus Diaz Mora and I’m sophomore from Cesar Chavez High School. I’m truly interest in your “Bioscience Leadership Academy”. I’m amazed the way the human body works and how it’s perfectly adapt to this world something currently unmatched in its wonder. The most prestigious gift that we humans beings bestowed upon humanity is the ability to save and change lives. I am passionate about biology and enjoy intellectual challenge it involves. What fascinates me the most about the human body

Pat Mora’s “Fences” deals with the timely issues of class division and privilege. She begins her poem on a positive note, saying “Mouths full of laughter,” which creates a safe and harmless tone; in the next line, Mora uses the Spanish word ‘turistas’ (tourist in English) to indicate possibly the ethnicity of the speaker. It is not until the last few lines of the poem, however, when the reader can also detect the class and likely status of the speaker, when the speaker’s mother says, “It’s their

In the first line of “La Migra”, Pat Mora opens the poem in an appealing way by stating “Let’s play La Migra” as if the poem that the reader is about to read is about any ordinary game (1). The poem is a game of freedom that unfortunately many people face, putting at jeopardy the lives of all the characters involved if factors turn against their favor. The prize of the winner is very simple for each; if the immigrant woman wins she obtains the American dream, and if the border patrol wins he has