When I was

Esmeralda

Jenny and her bike

Plucking a chicken

The bike

When I Was ... article by Gregory Stephens

Title:When I Was Puerto Rican as Borderland Narrative: Bridging Caribbean and U.S. Latino Literature

Author(s):Gregory Stephens

Publication Details: Confluencia 25.1 (2009): p30-45.

Source:Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 363. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. From Literature Resource Center.

Document Type:Critical essay

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Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2014 Gale, Cengage Learning

When I was

Jenny followed us on her bike as I shoved the kids in front of me toward the house. "You're not their mother. You can't tell them what to do!" she cried. (___) - Quentin

Jenny and her new bike

"Jenny followed us on her new bike as I shoved the kids in front of me towards the house" (___) - Laila

Grandfather's house

"At the end of the dusty road was my grandfather's house." (chapter cinco) - Andrew

"My grandfather's house was the biggest one in the village, and it was rightly so, because after all the village had been largely settled by the Lunas." (48) - Jessica

How to eat a guava

I had my last guava the day we left Puerto Rico. It was large and juicy, almost red in the center, and so fragrant that I didn't want to eat it because I would lose the smell. (4) - Quentin

"When you bite into a ripe guava, your teeth must grip the bumpy surface and sink into the thick edible skin without hitting the center" (___) - Laila

El Mangle

"When we first came to El Mangle, I wouldn't drink, and I didn't take a bath because I thought the water come from the lagoon." (141) - Marilyn

When I was ...

When I was

"That'll teach you," Mami scolded. "Never touch a wall on the sunny side." (_____) - Marilyn

When I was

Mami

 On the bus

Home

El Mangle

The barrio floated on a black lagoon. Sewage drifted by in a surprising variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. (____) - Quentin

Me, Too (Two)

Me

School

I am two

“…because my soul travelled all the time…” (55) - Marilyn

Siblings