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uses juxtaposition to show the external conflict of her Mexican and American culture and how she feels unaccepted by both. First, Pat Mora explains her cultural identity when she states in this quote that her ethnicity is combined with two different languages and cultures, ”Bi-lingual, Bi-cultural, able to slip from ‘How’s life?’ to ‘Me’stan volviendo loca’” (Mora 1-3). This evidence shows her cultural identity because it expresses what bi-cultural means to her, being able to speak in two different

bring them to the most likely place for a nuclear weapons site to be located. Unfortunately for the Iranians the selection of a hidden site was perfect in terms of concealment, it was by necessity close to volcanoes and untapped oil reserves. The Mora brothers idolized irony, they took an ironic to mean they were correct in their assumptions. The volcanoes and oil functioned as a natural protection. Being from a strong religious background and remembered a verse from Psalm 18:2-3; “The Lord is my

In Pat Mora book, “Chants” she illustrates a picture of how Mexican American are thought of by Americans, such by who they are, and by how they speak: American but hyphenated Viewed by Anglos as perhaps exotic, Perhaps inferior definitely different (8-10) In Fraas Sarah article, “Trans Women at Smith: The Complexities of Checking “Female” states, “Imagine a women’s college that accepts all women.” Adding on to what I said earlier, many people need to accept people by who they are. Age, identity

Speaker, Pat Mora, wrote the poem “Legal Alien” to explain to the reader how she is within two cultures. Expressing her cultures aspects especially the different languages brought judgement upon her. Pat states, “drafting memos in smooth English,/ able to order in fluent Spanish” (Mora lines 5-6 40). Even though Pat has two cultures she speaks more Spanish than English, but she is not completely accepted

the rest of the world through the American Dream and the ideas of democracy. “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus shows the perspective of how America is viewed by the rest of the world and how it wants to be perceived, but the “Legal Alien” by Pat Mora shows the complexity and how it is not as straightforward as that. Although “The New Colossus” suggests that any is able

Briana Duffus Global Healthcare Bora Bora vs. United States 12/11/2015 History The French Polynesia has a lot of islands that attract a lot of tourist and visitors. It is separated into 5 different groups of islands. The Society Islands consist of Windward Islands and Leeward Islands, The other four are Tuamotu Archipelago, Gambier, Marquesas Islands and the Austral Islands. In total of the islands combine make up a total of 118. The society islands is our main focus mainly Bora Bora which is

Poetry is a form of art and literature that allows a reader to feel what the author wants them to. Pat Mora is a Mexican-American woman that wrote the two poems “Sonrisas” and “La Migra”. “Sonrisas” is about the two types women that are seen in two different rooms, while “La Migra” is about a typical exchange between the Border Patrol and a Mexican maid attempting to crossing the border from Mexico into the United States. Both of these poems show the reader what it is like to be Mexican-American

It’s just like Moira to do this! Why couldn’t she just cooperate for once in her life! I feel like a minute ago she was dumping cigarette ash in my bed and dragging me away from my studies and now she’s in a night club prancing around as some play boy bunny? We could’ve stayed together, not like how we use to but we could’ve found ways to make it work. I would’ve done anything to keep her in my life no matter how risky. I need her and she needs me. I’ll never see her again; I will never see her

Juana Mora in “Acculturation Is Bad for Our Health: Eat More Nopalitos” argues that the United States offers many job and educational opportunities for Latinos, but acculturation in America negatively impacts their health. Mora offers research and statistics, most of which I find compelling, to explain that these illnesses are primarily due to the immigrants’ new “daily habits and environment changes” (Mora 660). After arriving in America, immigrants often live in crime-ridden, low income neighborhoods