![]() Read the passage from "Names American way. She feels sorry for them, because they have few She wishes they were all immigrants as well.ĭ. She thinks she and her friends have much inĬ. She worries what they will think about her and herī. My friends rarely had more than a “Mom and Dad” to introduce.īased on this passage, what inference can be made about Alvarez’s perception of her friends?Ĭorrect answer A. My uncle of affection, Tío José, brought my madrina Tía Amelia and her comadre Tía Pilar. And her daughter, Aida Margarita, who was adopted, una hija de crianza. There was my Tía Josefina, who was not really an aunt but a much older cousin. Such complicated names and there were so many of them, and their relationships to myself were so convoluted. Introducing them to my friends was a further trial to me. Read the passage from "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez. Parents for writing my stories and poems. My initials and a graduation charm from myīiggest gift was a portable typewriter from my There were many gifts – that was a plus to a largeįamily! I got several wallets and a suitcase with ![]() Judy and merge with the Sallys and Janes in my class.ĭ. My initial desire to be known by myĬorrect Dominican name faded. Our first few years in the States, though, ethnicity Plain, for she turned out to be the pale, blondĬorrect answerĜ. She was plain Anne – that is, only her name was My little sister, Ana, had the easiest time of all. Would just as soon go back to where they cameįrom and leave me to pursue whatever mischief Iī. On Sunday afternoons – old world folk whom I ![]() Uncles and aunts who came over to eat sancocho I was Hoo-lee-tah only to Mami and Papi and In which passage from "Names/Nombres" does Julia Alvarez explore the influence of popular culture?Ī. are a writer’s most important influences.Ĭorrect answer D. More recently, I’ve been dazzled by Colum McCann’s Apeirogon, and its almost Scheherazadian way of telling a story in 1001 small narratives, with "everything" thrown in and, amazingly, everything fits.Personal experiences, family, and cultureĬ. I remember my astonishment reading Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in the Attic and realizing the effectiveness of writing a novel in the first person plural point of view and in small vignettes. That about covers the whole map! Additionally, I’m not just interested in content, but also in how a story can get told in ways that surprise. So I’m letting myself play and wander and wonder over stories in my family’s past, stories in the past of my native country (Dominican Republic), the narrative ties that bind us all into blood families, nations, human family. If I give you a destination or set up the parameters of the work by describing it, I’ve already contained it in my idea of it. But I don’t know where I’m going till I get there. Johnson's commandment, see my advice to aspiring writers, I write every day-or try to. But I don’t know where I’m going till I get …more In keeping with Mr. ![]() ![]() Her work has garnered wide recognition, including a Latina Leader Award in Literature from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature, the Woman of the Year by Latina magazine, and inclusion in the New York Public Library’s program “The Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Masters, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez.” In the Time of the Butterflies, with over one million copies in print, was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its national Big Read program, and in 2013 President Obama awarded Alvarez the National Medal of Arts in recognition of her extraordinary storytelling. She has taught and mentored writers in schools and communities across America and, until her retirement in 2016, was a writer-in-residence at Middlebury College. She is the author of six novels, three books of nonfiction, three collections of poetry, and eleven books for children and young adults. Her work has garnered wide recognition, including a Latina Leader Award in Literature from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature, the Woman of the Year by Latina magazine, and inclusion in the New York Public Library’s program “The Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Masters, from John Donne to Julia Julia Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. Julia Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. ![]()
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