Quote I
"In fact, she dismissed quinceaneras as silly, a waste of money." Page 139-140
Significance
I picked this quote because in the book it means a lot, everyone is now thinking differently about the quinceaneras that are being celebrated. In the beginning of the book celebrating a quinceanera was everything a family that had a Hispanic background, but after moving to the United States; everything changes people start looking at this celebration differently. They start to think in more important thing you can do with your money.
Personal Connection
I can connect to this quote because the family in Mexico, would always ask me what I'm going to do for my quinceanera? and I would always tell them that I want to use the money I got to go somewhere. My family doesn't think it would be such a good idea, but I think once you live here in the United States for a long time, it can change the way you looking at things.
Question
Do you sometimes want to change the way your families celebrations are celebrated?
Quote II
"The later soap opera popularized the Q-tradition, making it a celebration that cool, sexy girls, rich or poor might go for. " Page 151
Significance
I think that the significance of this quote is that it's again explaining how the tradtion of a quinceanera is sharing it's culture tradtion with more and more people in America. Not only girls that are hispanic and have this tradtion, but everyone who want to have one.
Personal Connection
I can connect to this because I am one of those girls, who doesn't really know the background tradition on having a quinceanera, but I always end up just wanting one because more and more girls are wanting to have one. I think that after reading this book I learned a lot more about the background tradition that goes on to have a quinceanera.
Question
Did this book change your mind on what you think a quinceanera is?
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