Julia Alvarez
Journal Entry 1
pg. 3-30
Five Comments
1. Yolanda and her sisters have come from the United States to the Dominican Republic to visit their family
2. Their family is having a celebration in honor of their visit with a cake an the cake is divided into five cities
3. Yolanda forgot a little bit of her Spanish since she's been in the United States for so long
4. When Yolanda looks around she realizes that she has never really felt at home in the United States
5. There is a lot of poverty in the Dominican Republic and people will do anything for a dollar
Four Questions
1. Why can't Yolanda travel by herself in the Dominica Republic?
2. Why was the cake divided into five cities?
3. What kind of trouble was going on in Santo Domingo?
4. Did Yolanda completely forget how to speak Spanish?
Three Words
1. Asylum: a place offering protection, safety and shelter (p. 5)
2. Facsimile: a exact copy; as in a book, manuscript or painting (p. 6)
3. Quizzical- odd, queer, or comical (p.8)
Two Literary Techniques
1. Imagery "Beautiful wild birds unfold their silver wings" (Alvarez, 5).
2. Personification "She has sat back quietly, hoping that she has learned, at last, to let the mighty wave of tradition roll through her life and break on some other female shore"
(Alvarez, 9)
One Sentence Summary
Yolanda drove along the countryside of the Dominican Republic, in search of her antojo, guavas which are actually called guayabas.
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