Once Upon a Quinceanera #2

Post #2

Quote I

“Finally in the summer of 1964 our fourth year in the United States, my mother gave up on punishments and threats and hired a Santana to cleanse our house.” Page - 49

Significance

The significance of this quote is I think, is a different but good way of showing the good things that can change when coming to America. It connects with Silvia having a quinceanera and becoming a woman, which also is another reason why her mother chose to make a difference and stop the punishments, and threats.

Personal Connection

I’m not sure how I can connect to this quote, but basically what I think the quote is saying, is that when coming to America things won’t stay the same, and will change but in many good ways in your life.

Question

Do you think that when you come to America things change? How? Why?

Quote II

“This new U.S world was full of strangers who smelled and looked and acted in ways so different from ours. Ways that said our ways was low-class and shameful and loud.” Page – 51

Significance

I picked this quote because it’s saying how different people are in an immigrant’s point of view. The people they see walking around looked different and acted different than what they are use to seeing where they use to live. Like the quote says, these differences might not always make them feel good about where they come from but low-class and shameful. Overall just different from everyone else.

Personal Connection

I can connect with this quote because sometimes I do feel like where my parents come from is a lot different from things in the U.S, and if I was someone who just came to America I might look at things in a bad way and think that where I come from is low-class or shameful compared to the United States, because things are a lot different.

Question
Do you sometime feel like Olga and how she feels about things in America?