Post #6
Quote I
"Did I believe in this Q-tradition or not? Yes or no. Si y no. Back and forth. At dinner parties, I'd relate the details of some Q-extravaganza I'd just been to or heard or read about, and as my friends shook their heads and compared quinceaneras to the run ways bar and BatMatzvan, I'd find myself backtracking, wanting to defend nuestra tradicion."
Significance
I picked this quote because it has a lot of background information on the feelings that go through this characters head. She feels as if her group of friends, think a lot differently about her tradition in a way she doesn't agree on. I think that this also shows how she respeects her tradition, and that sometimes when your friends say something you don't agree on you either don't say anything or you agree with them, even though you really don't want to.
Personal Connection
This has happened to me before, and I've noticed that people agree based on what your friends say or think is right, sometimes your idea on what something is may not be something your okay with saying to a group of people who all agree on one thing. I sometime don't want to back up and defend my tradition and culture, but most of the time I feel like I have to.
Question
Did you ever feel like you have to agree with everyone else because your afraid people won't agree with your oppinion?
Quote II
"I was a part of something timeless, hard to name or contain. "Something was growing inside of me," says Estrella as her special night approaches in Estrella's Quinceanera. "A feelings I hadn't had in a long time. I was part of something bigger. I truly belonged."
Significance
Basically this quote is saying that when you are apart of something like a quinceanera, you feel something special, somthing you can't compare to anything else. The first quote I talked about how her feelings got a hold of her and, she felt as if she needed to speak up because her friends were comparing it to many things that she didn't think had nothing to do with a quinceanera.
Personal Connection
When I'm celebrating something in my tradition with my family, I feel as if we all share something special that you can't compare with anyone or anything else. I think I know how this character feels in the book because, I don't think that someone who doesn't celebrate your tradition or knows about your culture can't really agree or dissagree with what it's like because they wouldn't really know much about what it mean to celebrate something they don't and you do.
Question
Do you think Estrella was right, about her friends? How? and why?
Post 7 - Chapters 26-28 - Jem
16 years ago
1 comment:
Q1: I agree with you. Her friends probably don't think the same way of her traditions. Everyone has opinion, a good or bad one. You can't also force someone to believe in something they don't want to. It's good that you back up your culture because that really show you can stand up for yourself. Good for you.
Q?1: Yes all the time! I never want to say what I think, I'm scared that people will yell at me! I never want to say what I think unless people don't care what I say.
Q2: I like this quote. It sounds good. Well, to me it means like Estrella felt amazing where ever she was feeling like she belonged. She felt good about it.
Q?2: Yes and no. I mean, yeah they can think what they want to think. But, they should also let her say what she wants to say with out being mad.
-Silvia
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