Blog Post 5

1. The character I want to analyze is Sofia Garcia. Sofia being the young one has always been the baby of the house. However, she had always been noticed by boys and never went a day without a boyfriend. As the book progresses, it is shown that Sofia is known as the rebel child. She drops out of college and gets a job somewhere else and she runs away with a boy she just met. Her father knows that she is a rebel child and continually tries to control her. But, in reality has very little power over her. He finds the letters that she wrote with her lover and tries to confront her but, Sofia is embarrassed and hurt that she was exposed that she runs away. She ends up marrying the man from the letters and having a child with him but still her relationship between her and her father is still very tense. As the book goes on Sofia still continues to do rebellious thing such as licking her father in the ear instead of giving and innocent kiss like the other sisters. It is shown through various events that throughout the book she is staying rebellious but also growing up and learning more at the same time.

2. Something positive that happens in the book is that Carlos is finally trying to mend his broken relationship with his daughter Sofia. Through all the things that happened, he is trying to bring her back into his life. He makes this gesture by allowing his 70th birthday party to be at her house. He also shows much love to her baby boy and her husband a world known scientist. This example of positivity is person to person because it is a specific relationship between Sofia and her father. Although it affects the people around her, for example her family it primarily focuses on their private relationship. This gesture shows that Carlos is willing to begin putting things in the past and move on to fix their relationship. It will greatly affect the relationship her kids or her husband will have with him since they are all family now.

3. The United States has become a place filled with different races and cultures. Now, there is many different ethnicities and races present. Even though it is beneficial in someways, it can also not be beneficial as well. In the article it talked about how people didn't know how to treat Jeremy Lin, a rising basketball star from Taiwan. It was called "A question of idenity" and talked about exactly what the title is. What the identity of Jeremy Lin is. I think this question has been brought up numerous times in the book How the Garcia girls Lost their Accents Being from the Dominincan Republic and living in the United States, it is understandable that they have an identity crisis. They don't know which country is theirs and which people they should act like. I think that we as Americans need to understand the situation that immigrants are in and instead of showing discrimination, we should show compassion. That way, we can better understand their culture and traditions and learn from each other.