How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Journal Entry 7

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Julia Alvarez

Journal Entry #7

pg. 175- 203

Five Comment

1. The Garcia Family had only three months in the United States

2. Dr. Fanning helped the Garcia's come to the United States 

3. Dr. Fanning also helped Carlos get a job

4. The Garcia family was rich when they were in Dominican Republic 

5. The Garcia family was considered to be an important family

Four Questions

1. Why didn't the mother want the girls to order for themselves?

2. How did Carlos meet Dr. Fanning?

3. Did the Garcias leave Dominican Republic because Trujillo was in power?

4. Were the secret police working for Trujillo?

Three Words

1. Cadence-  rhythmic flow of a sequence of words or sounds (p. 175)

2. Borne-  to hold up support (pg. 179)

3. Cascaded- a waterfall descending from a steep rocky surface (pg. 184)

Two Literary Terms

1. Simile- "Mrs. Fanning rolled her hips in a droll way like someone trying to keep up a Hula-Hoop "(Alvarez 176).

2. Allusion "Or when he comes asks over and over What color was Napoleon's white horse?" (Alvarez 193).

One Summary Sentence

1. The Garcia family had a comfortable life in the Dominica Republic but left because of the revolution that was occurring with the help of Dr. Fanning.